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In The Master, Colm Toibin examines the psychological aspects of Henry James's creativity. It is revealed as an exploiter of experience.

Review in Books — by Philip Spires — on Jun 24, 2009

There’s a deftness and musical spring to Gillan’s style that belies the seriousness of his topics

Review in Books — by Maggie Ball — on Jun 13, 2009

Follows the opportunistic rise of Belram from poverty in rural India to being a Bangalore taxi fleet owner.

Review in Books — by Philip Spires — on Jun 06, 2009

Nearly every line in this novel is taut and wrought with sensation.

Review in Books — by Maggie Ball — on Jun 04, 2009

A book about the book you’re reading.

Review in Books — by Helen Gallagher — on May 30, 2009

Dan Gordon follows the money and finds...

Review in Books — by Fitz — on May 25, 2009

Orcar Wilde's rise, celebrity, and downfall are the meat of this masterpiece, presented as the writer's own journal.

Review in Books — by Philip Spires — on May 25, 2009

John Banville uses fiction to examine a spy's motive and behaviour. Privilege and influence, both assumed, provide the mean.

Review in Books — by Philip Spires — on May 14, 2009

A well-written, darkly comic tale of the Bush administration’s war on terror.

Review in Books — by Friend Mouse — on May 10, 2009

A book full of degradation, self-loathing and explicit sexual description. A new Brett Easton Ellis.

Review in Books — by Alyse Wax — on May 04, 2009