I was reading Dan Brown’s Angel and Demons on holiday in the sun in 2005 while cardinals around the world were en route to Rome to elect the successor to John Paul II. Ever since that time, Brown is among…
In A Possible Life Sebastian Faulks ponders what it is that makes and shapes human lives. This collection of five related stories spans both past and future time-frames with some stories more successfully developed than others. The collection opens with…
At the start of a New Year, I already have quite a long list of fiction on my ‘to read’ list for 2013 including the following seven from some new authors as well as some long established favorites: Three Graves…
The trouble with book recommendations these days is that so many of them are put forward by algorithms. The fact came home to me this week when I visited a local indie bookstore and saw on display inside a number…
Sebastian Faulks has long been among my favourite authors but, for me at least, A Week in December did not measure up to his earlier works. Set in London, the novel follows the stories of a number of different characters who…
Sebastian Faulk is one of my favourite authors. You know how some books stay with you for a long time? Well, for me, On Green Dolphin Street, and particularly Charles Linden – the flawed diplomat at the centre of this…