by Dave Bradley | Jul 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Stephen King (Hachette Australia) 2016, 354pp, RRP $32.99 The impossibly prolific King concludes his ‘Hodges Trilogy’ with this follow-up to Mr. Mercedes (released a mere two years ago) and Finders Keepers, and it’s a possibly stand-alone entry that finally tips over...
by Dave Bradley | Jul 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Joe Hill (Hachette Australia) 2016, 752pp, RRP $29.99 The latest epic from Hill (the pen name of Joseph Hillstrom King, a.k.a. Stephen’s son) acknowledges his Dad in an opening list of inspirations, where Hill admits to supposedly stealing the basic idea for this one...
by Dave Bradley | Jul 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Ezekiel Boone (Hachette Australia) 2016, 352pp, RRP $29.99 Boone’s début novel is an intensely readable dramatic thriller with touches of end-times panic and some seriously horrific moments, especially if you’re a punter who’s sensibly phobic of the central critter....
by Dave Bradley | Jul 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Neil Gaiman (Hachette Australia) 2016, 532pp, RRP $29.99 A large and eclectic selection of non-fiction pieces from the beloved Gaiman, this comprises speeches (often much-digressed-from at the time), articles, introductions to others’ works and more, and proves that...
by Dave Bradley | May 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Edited by Susannah Carson (Oneworld) 2016, 500pp, RRP $29.99 Carson’s collection of personal essays concerning the enormous influence ‘The Bard’ has had upon writers of all sorts, directors of stage and screen, actors of every stripe and a few other pleasingly random...
by Dave Bradley | May 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Leigh Hopkinson (Hachette Australia) 2016, 312pp, RRP $29.99 The first book from stripper-turned-author Hopkinson is a most readable account of one woman’s experience in the ‘table dancing’/‘lingerie dancing’/whatever industries in New Zealand, London and Australia,...