December 5, 2014 The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Thériault Translated from the French by Liedewy Hawke Reviewed by Ali Hope Swirling like wateragainst rugged rocks,time goes around and around The art of the…
December 4, 2014 The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol Translated by Anna Summers Reviewed by Karen Langley Russian author Nikolai Gogol, best known for satirical works like The Nose and Dead Souls, is not a name…
December 3, 2014 Mr Mac and Me by Esther Freud By Helen Skinner In Mr Mac and Me, Esther Freud paints a beautiful portrait of a small rural community and the ways in which it…
December 2, 2014 Three-Card Monte by Marco Malvaldi Translated by Howard Curtis Reviewed by Terence Jagger I knew nothing of this author, but enjoyed this light, untroubling murder mystery set in the…
December 2, 2014 Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story by J.Jefferson Farjeon Reviewed by Harriet Love reprints? Looking for the perfect Christmas story? Look no further. The British Library Crime Classics have excelled themselves with this…
December 2, 2014 Together and Apart by Margaret Kennedy Reviewed by Lyn Baines Together and Apart is a novel about marriage and divorce and about how events can very quickly run out of control….
December 2, 2014 Forever Yours by Daniel Glattauer Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch Reviewed by Victoria Best Well this is a curious book, and one that’s been divisive in the…
December 1, 2014 Translator’s Perspective: An ‘Ordinary’ Christmas By Emily Boyce During the festive season, Versailles sparkled with inevitability While translating Pascal Garnier’s novel The Islanders, set over several days in December in…
December 1, 2014 The Islanders by Pascal Garnier Translated by Emily Boyce Reviewed by Annabel I am a recent convert to the dark noir novels of French author Pascal Garnier. There has…
