by Dave Bradley | Nov 10, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Nick Frost (Hachette Australia) 2015, 314pp, $32.99 Originally, it seems, written by Frost under the unbowdlerised title Truths, Half Truths And Utter Bullshit, this memoir by the 40something Nick (and yes, he does acknowledge that he is a bit young to be getting...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 29, 2015 | Books, Interviews
by Dave Bradley. The Adelaide-bred Andrew P. Street, a Fairfax columnist and now first-time-author, took the time to talk with The Clothesline about his book with that wonderfully long title, and the following is an edited transcript of a considerably lengthier,...
by Lynette Washington | Oct 20, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Margaret Atwood (Bloomsbury) 2015, 306pp, RRP $32.99 In The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood has conceived of a most dire and fantastical world in which economic collapse in the United States has led to a sinister corporation setting up a social experiment. Inside the...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 11, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Terry Gilliam and Ben Thompson (Canongate) 2015, 297pp, RRP $59.99 The five surviving members of Monty Python are all in their mid-70s now, and Gilliam (the animator, only American and most rarely-seen of the sextet) states early on in this lovely, glossy...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 11, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Edited by Jacqueline Furby and Stuart Joy (Footprint) 2015, 274pp, RRP $57.95 Furby and Joy’s academic tome is intended to delve into the myriad mysteries that run throughout the films of London-born writer, director, producer and sometime cinematographer and editor...
by Lynette Washington | Oct 4, 2015 | Books, Reviews
PJ Harvey and Seamus Murphy (Bloomsbury) 2015, 231pp, RRP $85.00 Kosovo. Afghanistan. Washington DC. Singer, songwriter and poet PJ Harvey and photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy visited these places between 2011 and 2014 with their notebook and camera in hand....