***** (5 stars - an exceptional book of the very highest quality, regardless of genre as per Bookseller+Publisher ratings system)
Published by Scribe, $59.5, hb, ISBN 9781921640377
This engrossing biography which unfolds against the backdrop of the history of The Age, journalism and media ownership, pays tribute to Graham Perkin, an extraordinarily talented man widely regarded as [...]
****1/2 stars (4 is an exceptional book as per Bookseller+Publisher ratings system)
Published by Black Inc, $24.95 pb, ISBN 9781863954792
Don’t be confused but Pierre Ryckmans, whose pen-name is Simon Leys (The Death of Napoleon, The Wreck of the Batavia), has written about 19th century novelist Henri Beyle, whose pen-name was Stendhal. Stendhal was such a [...]
Narrelle Harris was born in Newcastle, Australia and proceeded to move every few years until most of her friends thought she was on a Witness Protection program. Her itinerancy included three years abroad, teaching English in Egypt and Poland. Although now settled in Melbourne with her husband and her cat, she continues to relieve itchy [...]
