5 Authors to Check Out in 2018
Author of The 100-Pound Gangster. 4/5 on Goodreads. Henry Lin spent most of his precocious youth involved with the international criminal underworld. Continue reading 5 Authors to Check Out in 2018
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5 Days of Oscar Wilde – 4: The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877
That ‘Art is long and life is short’ is a truth which every one feels, or ought to feel; yet surely those who were in London last May, and had in one week the opportunities of hearing Rubenstein play the Sonata Impassionata, of seeing Wagner conduct the Spinning-Wheel Chorus from the Flying Dutchman, and of studying art at the Grosvenor Gallery, have very little to complain of as regards human existence and art-pleasures. Continue reading 5 Days of Oscar Wilde – 4: The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877
Giveaway & Author Interview: The Sultan, the Vampyr & the Soothsayer
I recently reviewed Lucille Turner’s brilliant book The Sultan, the Vampyr & the Soothsayer. Wanting to find out more about this new (to me) author, I have since interviewed Lucille. Continue reading Giveaway & Author Interview: The Sultan, the Vampyr & the Soothsayer
The Sultan, the Vampyr and the Soothsayer
1442: When Vlad Dracula arrives at the court of the Ottoman Sultan Murad II, his life is turned upside down. His father Dracul cannot protect him; he must battle his demons alone. And when the Sultan calls for the services of a soothsayer, even the shrewd teller of fortunes is unprepared for what he learns. Continue reading The Sultan, the Vampyr and the Soothsayer
The Gentleness & Vulgarity of ‘Crimes of Passion’
I only got round to seeing Crimes of Passion… yesterday. Yes, yesterday. My excuse – I was minus two when the film was released. Crimes of Passion moves between a seemingly confident prostitute and Bobby, a generic man whose marriage is failing. In order to make some more money to keep Amy (the wife) happy, Bobby takes on some extra night work conducting surveillance on a woman – Joanna Crane (Kathleen Turner) – at the behest of Joanna’s employer Continue reading The Gentleness & Vulgarity of ‘Crimes of Passion’
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