It’s time to talk historical drama’s most unlikely sleeper hit. Yes, even more unlikely than a series following a cheekboned crime-solving 1950s Anglican vicar (ITV’s Grantchester) or one entirely based on Tom Hardy’s penchant for brutish skulking and indecipherable dialogue … Continue reading “Outlander”: historical drama’s sleeper hit
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It’s all kicking off down in eighteenth-century Cornwall as historical fan favourite Poldark returns.
Warning: this review contains spoilers!
●●●●○ Ever since the publication of The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende has become one of the most prominent and influential Latin American writers of our time. Her latest novel, The Japanese Lover: A Novel, published by Atria Books, … Continue reading The Japanese Lover, Isabel Allende – Review
Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel in ten years, The Buried Giant, adds an entirely new dimension to the fantasy genre he adopts. (●●●●○) Continue reading The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro – review