I really wanted to love this book as much as the original but unfortunately it left me feeling a bit flat. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. I am a huge Jane Austen fan and have read hundreds of adaptations. Okay, maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but it feels like hundreds. I was ...
Divided Kingdom by Rupert Thomson
When the United Kingdom is divided into four based on the four humours - sanguine, melancholic, choleric or phlegmatic – people are sent to live in the quarter where they are deemed to belong. Thomas Parry is one such child, taken from his parents in the middle of the night. What follows is his journey ...
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas has been reported as one of the most divisive and confronting Booker-longlisted novels in recent years. While it has already won a host of awards and received critical acclaim, this controversial and thought-provoking novel that places a magnifying glass over multicultural Australian society has made readers sweat their way through many uncomfortable scenes with mixed ...