REVIEWED BY MICHAEL MORRISSEY In this issue: James Cook’s New World by Graeme Lay The Bassett Road Machine Gun Murders by Scott Bainbridge Purgatory by Rosetta Allen Florid Eyes by Nicky English JAMES COOK’S […]
THE LOST PILOT: A Memoir by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Penguin, $40.00 Jeffrey Paparoa Holman – impressive moniker, isn’t it? – is hardly a household name. But then, in the main, he has been a poet. […]
To try and keep these reviews all in one place, we’ve assembled them here: REVIEWS OF TOTALITARIA “I couldn’t put the book down. I read it before bed. My mind raced and I couldn’t sleep. […]
Book Review Goddess Unmasked: The Rise of Neopagan Feminist Spirituality, By Philip G. Davis (Spence Publishing Company, Dallas, USA) Review by Hal Colebatch In this book Professor Philip G. Davis, a Canadian academic, proves with […]
OVERDONE EGGERS But Q & A answers plenty of questions HOW WE ARE HUNGRY By Dave Eggers San Francisco. McSweeney’s Books 2004 ISBN: 1932416137 Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, has compiled a list of […]
MONSTERS AND THE DARK Plus: Looking back at Old Blue Eyes and Australia’s really ancient history MAO: The Unknown Story By Jung Chang and Jon Holliday, Jonathan Cape, $59.95 This is how this large and […]
A FONT OF KNOWLEDGE? PENGUIN ENCYCLOPEDIA Edited by David Crystal, Penguin, $75 What can you say about an encyclopaedia that gives 12 lines to Alexander the Great and 16 lines to the Beach Boys? Clearly, […]
FLY ME TO THE MOON Plus: Guinness’s records are not so stout anymore, and falling in love (again) with Venice GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2006 Edited by Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records, $45.00 Up until recently […]
RICHARD PEARSE DIDN’T FLY A new Wright Brothers biography tackles Pearse, as Michael Morrissey discovers in this crop of the latest literature offerings THE PENGUIN NATURAL WORLD OF NEW ZEALAND By Gerard Hutching, Penguin, $39.95 […]
MEN BEHAVING BADLY This month: sickos, school shooters, and English-language abusers – plus a great sea tale MR MUO’S TRAVELLING COUCH By Dai Sijie Chatto & Windus, $39.95, ISBN: 0 7011 7739 X Dai Sijie’s […]
DON’T GIVE IT A THOUGHT! Business guru Malcolm Gladwell’s latest offering says, yes, you can choose a book by its cover BLINK: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking By Malcolm Gladwell Penguin Australia 2005. Paperback, […]
KILLERS, GREAT AND SMALL From September 11 to Alexander the Great to hapless would-be crims, a range of books that looks at murder and its consequences EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE By Jonathan Safran Foer […]
GREAT MAN THEORIES Curl up this winter with these tales of occupation, exploration, and depredation ATTILA By John Man Bantam Press, $39.95, ISBN: 13579108642 Of all would-be world conquerors, Attila the Hun (406-453 AD), self-declared […]
CRAZY FOR YOU This month’s crop of books looks at sanity – and the lack thereof – and sees novels by authors new and established GOING SANE By Adam Phillips London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005. Distributed […]
In association with The Nile HUNKS OF BURNING LOVE Michael Morrissey writes of infidels, painted ladies and the ghost of Elvis
In association with The Nile Mailer’s Magnum Opus Michael Morrissey enthuses about the possession of Hitler
In association with The Nile What Males A Woman Tick… And other stories…Michael Morrissey’s autumn discoveries
In association with The Nile PAGE-TURNERS Michael Morrissey’s picks for an Indian summer INES OF MY SOUL by Isabel Allende, Fourth Estate, $36.99 Ines of my Soul is Allende’s tenth novel – and an excellent […]
In association with The Nile MY FAVOURITE BOOK And other stories, by Michael Morrissey
In association with The Nile FLYING A KITE Michael Morrissey tracks the Rich, and finds a skeptic promoting unproven theories of her own
In association with The Nile Great Kiwi Novels, and other stories Michael Morrissey tracks Lloyd Jones’ latest and some historic kiwiana
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