Monday, January 12, 2015

Book reviews in the Sydney Morning Herald

Stranger in My Own Country by Hans Fallada Steven Carroll Reviews by Steven Carroll

Best writing of the year is in the eye of the reader

Noel Pearson Andrew Riemer Andrew Riemer reviews the anthologies that show this country's literary landscape.

A poet and her garden age well together

<i>A Fig at the Gate</i> by Kate Llewellyn. John Newton Review: Kate Llewellyn's gardening memoir, A Fig at the Gate.

Humans who lead the age of machines

<i>The Innovators</i> by Walter Isaacson. Richard Ferguson Walter Isaacson is a major figure in American journalism.

Goldeneye: Where Bond was born, Ian Fleming's Jamaica: Book review

Readable memoir: <i>Goldeneye</i> focuses on Ian Fleming's life and work and the influence of Jamaica. Mark McGinness The words 'Bond, James Bond' conjure an image, an institution, an industry that is unique in the annals of literature.

In Short: Fiction by Lily King, D.A. Mishani, Fiona Leonard, Richard K. Morgan

Extreme: Euphoria by Lily King. Cameron Woodhead Passionate, smart, and fierce, Lily King's Euphoria is as extreme a period romance as you'll find.

Why we don't treat passwords like toothbrushes

David Astle's Dinkus David Astle Ali Baba and his mates stand at the cave's mouth. A boulder blocks the entrance that only the magic password can remove. Open sesame, obviously, but Ali must have tried the phrase 10 ways, the rock staying put, our hero frazzled. Hence his friend suggests, "Try 'Open underscore sesame'."

Half-cries of despair against mediocrity from music maverick Jon Rose

Third: <i>Rosenberg 3.0: Not Violin Music</i> by Jon Rose. John Shand Were violins considered erotic, this would be a book for voyeurs.

Book reviews: Keep, by LK Holt; Final Theory, by Bonny Cassidy

<i></i> Reviewer: Geoff Page Geoff Page reviews L.K Holt's third poetry book Keep and Bonny Cassidy's second poetry collection Final Theory. 

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