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Books.(Book Review)
Summer is here. What could be better than a good book on the beach? We sampled new arrivals at bookstores around the world. Here are some of our favorites:
"Truth," by Hideo Yokoyama. A collection of five short page-turners about the anguish of ordinary people from Japan's hottest mystery writer. In the title story, a grieving father discovers the ugly truth about his murdered 15-year-old son.
"Talking Horror Japanesque." Features six of Japan's top horror writers.
"Engaging Men," by Lynda Curnyn. When three of her ex-boyfriends marry, Angie DiFranco ...
- PATRICK NEATE
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Boyd Tonkin July 10, 2009 700+ words
...but remains totally unaffected - an extremely good, intelligent human being. I always wanted to be a bit like him. Patrick Neate's 'Jerusalem' is published by Jonathan Cape. Interview by Boyd Tonkin; picture: Adrian Sherratt/Rex
- McCall Smith makes monkey out of Macbeth
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Arifa Akbar October 19, 2009 700+ words
...trusted recipe for success. Yet Alexander McCall Smith's first foray into writing an opera...Macbeth - a joint venture between writer McCall Smith and the Scottish composer Tom Cunningham...opera, which is based on an encounter McCall Smith had with two primatologists in the ...
- Alexander McCall Smith: The Opera
- Newspaper article from: The Scotsman Kenneth Walton September 2, 2009 700+ words
...The house was that of author Alexander McCall Smith. The scene could easily have been a...real - The Okavango Macbeth - which McCall Smith and Edinburgh composer Tom Cunningham...locale of the fictional Mma Ramotswe (McCall Smith's famous No 1 lady detective) it...
- McCall Smith script is Newman's final role
- Newspaper article from: The Scotsman Tim Cornwell; David Robinson July 31, 2009 700+ words
...the best-selling novelist Alexander McCall Smith, have come together in a movie about...the Penguins. The story was penned by McCall Smith - the Edinburgh author best known for...life in the Scotland Street series. McCall Smith and Newman share ties to brothers Bob...
- McCall Smith closes Get Lit! with talk at Met.
- Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) April 23, 2006 700+ words
...perceived to be "literary." Alexander McCall Smith takes exception to that bit of intellectual snobbery. McCall Smith, who will speak this afternoon at...it's all fairly predictable," McCall Smith said in a phone interview from his...
- Out of Africa: Alexander McCall Smith struck gold, and won over the social set,...
- Magazine article from: W Heyman, Marshall April 1, 2004 700+ words
...Agency was released Stateside, Alexander McCall Smith took a break from teaching medical law...the series, hits stores this month, McCall Smith insists that he could take or leave...gumshoe stuff. It's pretty gentle," McCall Smith acknowledges. "And I think people...
- A ladies' detective man; Alexander McCall Smith.
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) August 21, 2004 700+ words
...from under his Panama hat, Alexander McCall Smith admits feeling daunted by his sudden...That is all spawning interest in Mr McCall Smith's considerable backlist. "I stopped...self-important or inconsiderate. Mr McCall Smith bristles at the suggestion that he writes...
- `The Kalahari Typing School For Men,' by Alexander McCall Smith; Pantheon (186...
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 7, 2003 700+ words
...Africa in self-confessional. Alexander McCall Smith spins sparkling gems about human nature...and she follows a cheating husband. McCall Smith, like his detective heroine, obviously...But they both love the people. McCall Smith shares his love by giving life to a...
Source: HighBeam Research, Books.(Book Review)