Reviews and writing from the past but here for your viewing… should you be that way inclined. Varied in content and the like but an archive for perusal…
Canongate , 320 pages , £10 , PB The Museum of Doubt is an eclectic collection of short stories that are disturbing, funny, whimsical and disturbing, all linked by Meek’s surreal style and skewed view of the world. There are tales of a planned assassination attempt on a fish smoker, a terrifying car journey, lawyers…
Canongate , 240 pages , £5.99 , PB “Mind you, novels are all shite to me . . . Novels are all padding – they’re clearly objectionable.” P Reekie Scottish fiction crashed onto a moribund book scene in the Nineties – a refreshing burst of new talent that made books suddenly cool to read again…
Titan Books 2002 , 176 pp , £10.99 , PB Bitesize: Fascinating excerpts from the production diary of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Hot on the tails of the oh-so-successful Jaws, Steven Spielberg was given unprecedented freedom by Columbia to make Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Although incorrectly marketed at the time (how…
Harper Collins , 352 pages , £9.99 , HB Bitesize: Flashman author pins you in a corner and tells you what’s wrong with the world!! People, it has rightly been said, should be allowed to grow old disgracefully. But should we allow the poor blighters the right to publicly humiliate themselves? George MacDonald Fraser’s The…
Harper Collins 2003 , 320 pages , £16.99 , HB Bitesize: Film Diary of a Nobody. Film biographies traditionally deal with people involved in the creation of film – of actors and directors, or reminiscences of those who worked with the greats at pivotal points in their careers. Most of us, it is probably safe…
