Murder in Suburbia: A review of Don Cameron’s Marked Off
A murder mystery set against the backdrop of calm residential life in Booterstown, Marked Off leads us on a trail of corruption as we follow Detective Danny O’Neil in the…
Book-to-Film Adaptation: Where do you stand?
While it may be a good film, order Elaine McDonald asks “whether it is a good film version of the book?” In a debate with friends over whether “The Shining”…
“The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared”
Not even the rain can keep Lisa Gorry down after finding Jonas Jonasson’s 2009 debut It’s not unreasonable to say that for most people, Swedish writing is earmarked by the…
Social Satire: Casual Vacancy
Disguised as a ‘storm in a tea cup’ novel about small-town politics, J. K. Rowling’s first offering since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows surprises with unflinching descriptions of the…