To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway This is an oldie but, like other novels by this author, is one that has aged remarkably well, considering that it was first published in 1937. I can’t claim to be an authority on Hemingway. I wish I could. I would like to be able to discuss […]
Red Dirt by E.M. Reapy Hopper, Fiona and Murph are members of the shameful, coercive migration of Irish young people to Australia after the collapse of the Celtic (Papier Mâché) Tiger. For those of you unfamiliar with said circumstances, I will summarize. A shower of greedy bastards destroyed the economy of the entire island of Ireland, […]
Anno Dracula, Johnny Alucard – by Kim Newman Hmm… where do I start with this one? Firstly, this book is the third of the Anno Dracula series. I didn’t realize that at first and so thought that Johnny Alucard was the author, with Kim Newman getting writing credits (his name was shown in smaller print […]
Alan Partridge, Nomad by Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons and Steve Coogan Alan Partridge is a wanker. He is a complete tool who seems not to realize that he is the person at parties that others want to drown in the punch bowl, before burying his flayed body in a quicklime pit beside a nuclear reactor. […]
‘The Wolf Road‘ by Beth Lewis What a feckin’ great book. It could be classed as pseudo-chick lit. as the lead protagonist is a kick-ass female, and other strong women appear throughout a story set in a post-apocalyptic north America that resembles the Wild West. It’s kinda like Calamity Jane meets The Road. We follow […]
‘Redshirts‘ by John Scalzi Set in a future that loosely resembles an episode of Star Trek, this book starts well, with some interesting characters. Sadly, however, the potential is never fully realized and, as a result, the latter parts of this novel could have been written by an aging hippy, with a mind fried by […]
‘Occupy Me‘ by Tricia Sullivan Where shall I start with this, or should I bother. The lead protagonist is a female cyborg from another dimension. She has wings which miraculously fold up to nothing, and can hop from dimension to dimension. She was made by giant birds… birds. It seems to have escaped the notice […]
‘I,RIPPER‘ by Stephen Hunter It’s Victorian London and poverty grips the city. But the bleak urban expanse is also in the grip of fear as a number of prostitutes turn up horrifically murdered. The authorities are clueless in their pursuit of the heinous perpetrator, and so it falls to Irish journalist, ‘Jeb’, to investigate as […]
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