Try a Little Kurt
You know, I’m still surprised at the number of customers who, on hearing the name ‘Kurt Vonnegut’, look blankly at me as though I’ve just sneezed. Without going into nauseating detail, reading a book...
View ArticleThe Sisters Brothers – Patrick DeWitt: a review
“…The Sisters Brothers is the book the Coen Brothers might have written had they not become film-makers instead.” In The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt, Charlie and Eli Sisters are guns-for-hire,...
View ArticleGone Girl – Gillian Flynn: A Review
“Because you can’t be as in love as we were and not have it invade your bone marrow. Out kind of love can go into remission, but it’s always waiting to return. Like the world’s sweetest cancer.”...
View ArticleMy favourite underground shelter
I’ve just finished Hugh Howey’s Wool, which is excellent, by the way. The story revolves around the inhabitants of the Silo, an underground bunker comprising over a hundred floors of cramped...
View ArticleStoner – John Williams: a review
A couple of months ago, I opened a tote from our supplier and, mixed in with all of the familiar titles, was a Vintage classic I’d never seen before. Reading the title, my first assumption was that it...
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