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Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban. William G. (not this guy , just to be clear) is a quiet unassuming type of guy; lives alone in a flat in a s...

Bored with the lack of challenge involved in picking off eighty- and ninety-something authors as it has been recently, The Curse Of Electric...

Here's a timely one with the Ashes series in Australia about to kick off (tonight, in fact) and all England supporters filled with a mix...

The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. Brendan Doyle is just quietly minding his own business being a professor of English literature when a man c...

Here's a crackpot theory for you, and, as all the best theories do, it has to do with Robert Redford, who died last week at the age of...

Desperate Characters by Paula Fox. Otto and Sophie Bentwood are a couple of forty-ish middle-class New Yorkers, living in a nice apartment ...

It seems that Adriano Celentano's 1972 single  Prisencolinensinainciusol is the advert music of choice at the moment, as I've seen...

Today's pair are author Harlan Coben and actor, author, amateur chef and mixologist Stanley Tucci. The only Harlan Coben book I have ...

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.  Yes, it's a man's life in 1860s Sicily. Well, if you happen to be a Prince commandin...

The Prestige by Christopher Priest. Pick a card; any card: wrong ! But seriously, I mean, we all love a magician, right? Rabbits out of hats...

You might recall that when I reviewed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy here a while ago I mentioned that I'd seen the highly-regarded 2011 fil...

The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø. Meet Harry Hole. He's a maverick cop, who doesn't play by the - hang on *checks notes* ah, I see...

In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason. Saigon ... shit . Western Kentucky ... also a bit shit, as it happens, though in different ways. Having bee...