Book Review
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FLESH by David Szalay – Book Review: We Need to Talk About István
THE MILDEST OF SPOILERS! “There’s something terrible about the way normality asserts itself. About the way that summer insists on happening. About the way the chestnuts blossom and Wimbledon takes place.” I have to admit Flesh wasn’t on my radar at all until it was shortlisted and later won The Booker Prize (i.e. The Oscars…
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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami: Review
“The moon had been observing the Earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring – and all of the acts carried out – on this earth. But the moon remained silent; it told no stories.” SPOILER FREE This is a book that drew me in from page one, and…
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JAMES by Percival Everett: Review
SPOILER FREE! “With my pencil, I wrote myself into being.” ‘James’ is a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, an enslaved man. The story follows Jim’s escape and journey down the Mississippi River with fellow runaway Huck Finn. What I loved most about this book was the writing, which,…
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AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By Martin J. Sherwin and Kai Birdeus “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” Theoretical Physicist, Professor, Director, husband, friend, brother, son, good girl-Dad, questionable boy-Dad, security-risk, adulterer, leader… genius. Firstly, I have to appreciate the amount of research that went into writing this book is incredibly impressive, admirable even. However, despite reading…
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The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda – Book Review: A Strange and an Almost, Masterful ‘Whydunit’
SPOILER FREE! “Non-fiction? I’m not keen on the word. No matter how much a writer tries to adhere to the truth, the notion of non-fiction is an illusion. All that can exist is fiction visible to the eye.”… SYNOPSIS: On a stormy summer day, the Aosawa’s, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday…
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