Book Reviews & Essays on Literature
Comment from Brian Bilston: Brian Bilston “What a lovely review. Thank you so much. I’m delighted you enjoyed it – andContinue Reading
Forget for a moment that Leonora Carrington, who died in 2011 at the age of 94, was one of theContinue Reading
Some novels really lend themselves to being discussed in visual terms – either their subject or setting is dramatic orContinue Reading
I’m just such a sucker for a feel-good story and lovely gobs of happiness, which is why I so enjoyedContinue Reading
John Delacourt’s novel Butterfly is hard to read, not because of his writing style, but because of the subject matterContinue Reading
This is one those novels that will change the way you look at death and burial methods – and Beirut.Continue Reading
I have never written an easier review of a novel, than this one. Why? Because it does not need reviewingContinue Reading
“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” – “the more things change, the more they stay the same”, said by French critic Alphonse Karr,Continue Reading
The novel is downbeat and intense, but demonstrates that what matters is love, what keeps people going is love, andContinue Reading
