Before you read my review of Peter Carey’s Parrot and Olivier in America, I might as well hold up my hands and admit that I am probably not the most impartial reviewer. I’ve loved Carey’s writing for years, to the extent that he is probably my favourite living author. Some of his novels have certainly [...]
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Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
After being introduced to the late Wallace Stegner’s work last year with his 1987 novel Crossing to Safety, I was immensely looking forward to delving into my next selection from his books – Angle of Repose. This is arguably Stegner’s most widely acclaimed novel, and it earned him the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. They [...]
Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Faulks has certainly written an interesting and wide ranging selection of novels over the years, from the excellent Birdsong to the intriguingly strange Engleby. Human Traces which was first published in 2005, again took a new tangent, exploring the early pioneering years of psychiatry, and the essence of what it is to be human. [...]