by Dave Bradley | Nov 21, 2021 | Book, Books, Reviews
ASTERIX AND THE GRIFFIN Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad (Hachette Australia) 2021, 48pp, RRP $29.99 The 39th Asterix book (or ‘album’), and the first published since the death of the series’ original co-creator Albert Uderzo (1927 – 2020), this tries hard to...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 21, 2021 | Book, Books, Reviews
Jimmy Carr (Hachette Australia: Quercus) 2021, 358pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback); $45.00 (hardback) UK TV perennial Carr’s supposed autobiography is actually an attempt to combine bitingly comedic memoir, a how-to guide to being funny and a sort of pseudo-self-help book,...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 10, 2021 | Books, Reviews
Bec Hill (Hodder Children’s Books) 2021, 166pp, RRP $15.99 Comedienne Hill’s first book is a cool kiddie title with nice characters, a sweetly rude sense of humour, and just enough scary stuff for rugrats. Young Connie is a schoolkid who’s obsessed with the kind of...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 10, 2021 | Books, Reviews
Miriam Margolyes (John Murray) 2021, 437pp, RRP $49.99 The marvellous Miriam finally pens an epic, no-holds-barred (of course) memoir, mostly written during lockdown last year, and the result is a wonderfully rude and funny yet also, at times, deeply sad tale. “I’m...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 10, 2021 | Books, Reviews
J.P. Pomare (Hachette Australia) 2021, 325pp, RRP $34.99 The fourth novel by the New Zealand-born but Melbourne-residing Pomare is an unnerving, character-heavy thriller built upon an all-too-familiar fear of insidious technology. Lina and Cain are a married Kiwi...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 10, 2021 | Books, Reviews
Emma Haughton (Hodder and Stoughton) 2021, 375pp, RRP $32.99 Haughton’s first novel for adults is a psychodramatic murder/mystery pageturner with a lot going for it, although it’s somewhat undone by at least one major credibility gap. Doctor Kate North is recovering...