Poems in the Case
P W Bridgman confesses himself pleasantly surprised by an unorthodox combination of poetry collection and murder mystery: he promises however that his review contains no spoilers.
fiction
Talbot Road By Alan Dent. Review by Terri Thursfield.
The over-arching title of this eight-volume novel brings to mind the Rougon-Macquart. The comparison is apposite because while Zola structures his series around his faith in biological determinism, Dent’s novel dismisses it as a delusion.
Your Culture is not mine…or is it? America’s tense relationship with high culture. By Stephanie V Sears
As a half French, half American individual, I give in to a pastime common to double nationals, which consists of regularly comparing both countries of origin.
A Review of Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach, by Jane McChrystal.
So far, critics seem to agree that Egan has eschewed experimentation on this occasion and turned her hand to an old-fashioned crime thriller wrapped in an historical novel.
The Adventure of the Welsh Dresser – Part III
Concluding the London Grip serial story for Christmas
The Adventure of the Welsh Dresser – Part II
Continuing the London Grip serial story for Christmas
The Adventure of the Welsh Dresser – Part I
A London Grip serial story for Christmas
The Citi exhibition: Manga. Review by Carla Scarano.
Starting from Alice in Wonderland, re-told as Alice St Claire by Hoshino Yukinobu, the Citi Exhibition Manga at the British Museum invites the visitors to enter the rabbit hole of the fabulous manga imaginary world.