GOOD ME, BAD ME, by Ali Land Michael Joseph, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-0718182922 It’s not often a book keeps me up till after midnight; Good Me, Bad Me was one of the rare exceptions. It resulted in several late nights, in fact, as the story inched… Read more
Sorry about the radio silence over the last few months: there’s been something brewing which I couldn’t talk about (and didn’t dare, in case I woke one morning and found it was all a wonderful dream). I submitted my latest book in mid-February, with the… Read more
Shelf Indulgence is a book column from award-winning novelist, A.D. Garrett, who recommends two books per month across a range of styles and genres, and a mixture of new and old. MYSTIC RIVER, by Dennis Lehane Bantham, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-0553818246 Dennis Lehane has it all: elegant prose and… Read more
Shelf Indulgence is a book column from award-winning novelist, A.D. Garrett. This book review column recommends two books per month, across a range of styles and genres, and a mixture of new and old. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr Fourth Estate, 2015, ISBN-10: 0008138303 This… Read more
Shelf Indulgence is a book review column. It’s all about indulgence, so you will find a mix of the new and the old, some lifted from my bookshelves, some borrowed from libraries, some bought from bookshops; a few downloaded to my e-tablet. Expect the conventional alongside… Read more
Hello, and welcome to Shelf Indulgence, my new book review column. I’ll admit, I’m a slow reader, often behind the curve when it comes to the new publishing sensation; I usually catch up by the third book, but not always. My tastes are eclectic, so you will… Read more
