Fiction

Christopher Isherwood: A Personal Memoir by John Lehmann was a Glad Day purchase from thirty years ago which, like Christopher Isherwood I am only getting

My favourite fiction author is Christopher Isherwood. Thirty years ago I read his entire fiction oeuvre, which comprises nine novels. Although I didn’t write regular

As with A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes, Cocksure by Mordecai Richler was a birthday gift from my university friend

I acquired A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes thirty years ago as a birthday gift from a university friend, Christine

One year after I watched the DVD Discover Benares Historic House I finally read a novel inspired by this house: Jalna, by Mazo de la Roche.

In Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread, former New York Times chief book critic Michiko Kakutani shared her thoughts on some of her favourite titles. These short

Jack’s Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac by Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee was published in 1978. I have had this book for close

I acquired Diary of a Dragon by Tad Williams from the same Scrabble player who gave me Death’s Last Run. This was a signed edition limited to 750

Death’s Last Run is a mystery novel by Robin Spano, gifted to me by a Scrabble player. For an independently-produced work (ECW Press) this novel looked

Junky is a novel yet also serves as an autobiographical account of William S. Burroughs and his addiction to morphine. First published as Junkie under the pen name