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One thing I forgot to mention in the last book review was that Barefoot In The Head is full of allusions to the mystical writings and teac...

Barefoot In The Head by Brian Aldiss. It's the late 20th century, and there's been a war. So far so standardly post-apocalyptica...

I'll tell you what fascinates me about things like the new Nick Knowles album (yes, it's really a thing, it's happening , and t...

The Children Act by Ian McEwan. Fiona Maye is a maverick High Court judge. She doesn't play by the book , but dammit she gets resul...

We're still in the grip of some pretty brutal austerity measures here at Halibut Towers, so the whisky cupboard is still fairly modest...

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. Binx Bolling is doing all right. Successful in his stockbroking business, nice little house in the New O...

This (via Pharyngula ) is absolutely tremendous: a new film (called, in slightly oh-what-a-giveaway style,  Let There Be Light   and starrin...

I know there's much speculation about the composition of the squad for the upcoming Ashes series in Australia, and England have a few he...

Last one on this topic, honest. The other thing worthy of mention in the box of old books was this one: Amazon Adventure by Willard Price...

Here's part two as promised. Another multi-part book series that I was well into in my formative years was Malcolm Saville 's Lone ...

Great excitement here at Halibut Towers this week as a trip to the loft to retrieve some supplies for the boy yielded the unexpected bonus ...

A few things that caught my eye in the last couple of weeks because they put me in mind of previous blog posts. Basically where Electric Hal...

Boneland by Alan Garner. Colin Whisterfield is a bit of a rum cove. Actually, that's Professor Colin Whisterfield to you, brilliant ...

Sweet Caress by William Boyd. Amory Clay has had a decent enough start in life, born into a pretty privileged upper-class family a few ...