Cabbie Monaco

I knew nothing of Ian McEwan's Saturday before picking it up. It was just another one of his books, another that I wanted to read bef...

If your reading preference is for door-stop sized sagas featuring families or fantasies, Muriel Sparks's 134-page The Girls of Slender...

I have no idea how Anita Brookner's 1983 book Look At Me came into my possession. It's an old paperback copy with yellowed pages ...

I might have been half listening to one of those BBC Sounds programs whilst preparing lunch, or reading an end of year best books list in ...

A few years ago a university friend attempted to reunite our old gang. The response was somewhat unenthusiastic. Rose-tinted memories resur...

I love libraries. Unlike the online world, they don't limit your horizons to something an algorithm suggests because you've taken ...

Last year the screen persona of James Bond turned 60. He made his debut in 1962 with Dr. No . I must have seen all the movies. I groaned a...