"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
I was a child in Sharlston, then a mining village, and then Crofton, near Wakefield, UK. I went to London University and then did two years as a VSO in Kenya. I then taught in London for 16 years before moving to Brunei technical education. I then worked in Zayed University in the UAE for three years. Since 2003, I have lived in Spain, and have completed a PhD in education’s role in Philippine development and two novels, Mission and A Fool's Knot.
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Book Review: The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
The Autograph Man presents a potpourri of contemporay life, where everything has a price, but nothing may be of value.
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Book Review: The Colour by Rose Tremain
Fortune beckons in gold-rush era New Zealand in this beautifully drawn tale of a family newly emigrated from England.
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Book Review: The Master by Colm Toibin
In The Master, Colm Toibin examines the psychological aspects of Henry James's creativity. It is revealed as an exploiter of experience.
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Book Review: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Follows the opportunistic rise of Belram from poverty in rural India to being a Bangalore taxi fleet owner.
Orcar Wilde's rise, celebrity, and downfall are the meat of this masterpiece, presented as the writer's own journal.
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Book Review: The Untouchable by John Banville
John Banville uses fiction to examine a spy's motive and behaviour. Privilege and influence, both assumed, provide the mean.
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Book Review: Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
An enigmatic, complex novel that deals with how writing must filter experience to make sense of it.
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Book Review: The Line Of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
The Line Of Beauty is set in 1980s London. Successful people succeed, perhaps, pursuing riches, influence and each other.
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Book Review: Love, etc. by Julian Barnes
Love etc is a love triangle revisited, told in the characters' own voices, a perfect marriage of content and form.
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Book Review: Istanbul: Memories And The City by Orham Pmuk
Istanbul's contrasts, characteristics, vistas and sensations are lived through the eyes of Orhan Pamuk's early years.
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