Mr. Mangan really gets into a character’s mind and when he tells the story through their lens he lends them credibility and authenticity.
What To Do About The Solomons takes place in a supposedly socialistic society, there is still the matter of inheritance whether they live in a kibbutz or not.
Bret Harte (25 August, 1836 – 5 May, 1902) was a short story writer whose stories featured the people of the California Gold Rush.
Even though Potsdam Station is part of a series, which I have not read in order, I feel it is an excellent standalone book. I warn you though, you’ll want more
It is terrifying to think that there are some incompetent nincompoops, or simply uncaring bureaucrats, in charge of programs meant to help millions of people costing billions of dollars.
Alain Robbe-Grillet (18 August, 1922 – 18 February, 2008) was a French writer and filmmaker. Books by Alain Robbe-Grillet* 1) Mr. Robbe-Grillet’s family were mostly scientists and engineers. 2) His occupation was that of an agricultural engineer. 3) After he published his first novel The Erasers (Les Gommes) […]
“The preachers who were the poor boy’s murderers crowded round him at the gallows, and… insulted heaven with prayers more blasphemous than anything he had uttered.”
– Sir Thomas James Babington Macaulay, Baron of Rothley
Writing A Book And Everything You Need To Know Is it true that everyone has a book inside them, waiting to be written? Perhaps not, but you may well think you have a great idea for a story, how to guide, or […]
Frankly, I thought this book could have simply been a short story or a novella
Trained as a teacher, she wrote in her spare time. Ms. Blyton’s first published book was Child Whispers (1922), while she was still teaching.