08/05/2013
In Marian Keyes latest book – we see the return of Helen Walsh, the lovable, if rather cynical and jaded private detective. A case requiring her urgent attention sees her drawn into the world of her thrilling and charismatic but pathologically unreliable ex-boyfriend Jay Parker, compromising her current relationship with fellow private detective Artie Devlin. The presence [...]
08/05/2013
Whilst awaiting the much anticipated Baz Luhrmann film adaptation of this superlative novel – I would urge everyone to reacquaint themselves with this ultimate literary depiction of the opulence, superficiality and exquisite decadence of the Jazz Age. The book itself is just wonderful; the writing brims with such intense imagery that every detail of the story is given to us, from [...]
08/05/2013
This stunning and soaring collection of poetry charts the period in which the poet’s marriage of thirty years standing is coming to an end. The poems, beautiful, redemptive, heart breaking and acutely honest writing, capture that intimate process of letting go, whilst simultaneously remembering everything of a life shared with another. These poems are [...]