by Dave Bradley | Jul 10, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Owen Sheers (Faber Fiction) 2015, 311pp, RRP $29.99 Sheers’ novel sounds like a straight thriller (‘I Saw A Man Who Did Something Terrible’?), and yet this is actually an intricately-structured psychodramatic character study that touches upon some of the scariest...
by Jenny Thompson | Jul 10, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Vicki Edgson & Adam Palmer (Allen & Unwin) 2015, 248pp, RRP $49.99 Gut Gastronomy promises a “life-changing strategy” of “improving your gut function in its entirety”. Coming from out of Grayshott Spa in England, the book provides a 14-day eating and fasting...
by FringeGuest1 | Jun 23, 2015 | Books, Reviews
David Owen (Corsair) 2015, 232pp, RRP $16.99 Writer, teacher, poet and gaming specialist Owen’s first novel seems like a ‘Young Adult’ effort at heart, and yet there’s both a sophistication and a desperation here that feel like something intended for older readers. ...
by Dave Bradley | May 18, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Philip Glass (Faber) 2015, 416pp, RRP $49.99 Legendary musician, composer and innovator Glass’ slightly long-winded (well, he is 78) account of his life and times has a straightforward tone which sometimes takes the fun and potential fascination out of his...
by Dave Bradley | May 10, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Richard Goldstein (Bloomsbury Circus) 2015, 223pp, $29.99 Goldstein’s memoir of his experiences as a rock critic into the later ‘60s doesn’t delve at great length into his ‘50s childhood, nor his work as a cultural critic during the ‘gender wars’ of the ‘70s and ‘80s:...