Cabbie Monaco

First there was "Sinatramania", then there was Elvis, and in the 60s it was The Beatles. When I was ten years old, I passionately...

Towards the end of his life, John Steinbeck took a road trip across America, " determined to look again, to try to rediscover this mon...

What would you do if you lost your home and your source of income, then your partner of 30 years was diagnosed with an incurable, degenerat...

Reading Josie Dew's Slow Coast Home is very much like cycling: plenty of ups and downs, and a few diversions. Josie says she " ...

I really wanted to like Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy series, which many friends have raved about. A brief survey identified Mor...

Lionel Shriver's The Mandibles: a family, 2029-2047 mostly takes place in the near future of 2029, when the collapse of the US economy...

How could I not enjoy Geraldine Brooks's People of the Book , when her dedication states " for the librarians "? The story is...