Where to start with The Coffee Story? Let’s get the story out of the way first. Theodore Everett is dying. An old man now riddled with cancer, he looks back at his life at the helm of Everett an… more →
Booktopia - A Book Bloggers' Paradise - The No. 1 Book Blog for Australiawrote 5 months ago: From Jay Gatsby to Mrs Dalloway to the Devil himself, here’s a selection of the meanest party … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Book: Lights Out in Wonderland, DBC Pierre. This ed. Faber 2010. Why?: Gabriel … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Because what selfish people like you never realise is that self-destruction is a team sport, pulling … more →
wrote 11 months ago: The future looks like this … the axolotl. Photograph: Alamy Axolotls are salamander-like creatures t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Martin Amis’ well known character John Self of Money (1984) reminds me of the protagonist in L … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Pre-publication copy: Booker Prize winning author DBC Pierre recently penned Lights out in Wonderlan … more →
wrote 1 year ago: PDF format: Cover for Lights Out in Wonderland, DBC Pierre For this project, I wanted to depart from … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I’m sure a lot of people would probably like this book. I was not one of them. … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Get it out of your head that wine’s just a drink. Real wine is like a missing human gene. It vaccina … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A couple weeks ago The Millions released their “Most Anticipated” book preview for the s … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Where to start with The Coffee Story? Let’s get the story out of the way first. Theodore Evere … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Whilst away, there is little more that I enjoy than sitting by the pool with a good book. I took thr … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Lia: “The answer, then, to life: Erode it before it corrodes.” If you could ever sum up a book into … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Lights Out in Wonderland by the Booker-winning and Australian-born author DBC Pierre is a great alle … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Oooh, spooky, it’s Halloween! We hope you don’t go out and eat too many sweets otherwise … more →
wrote 2 years ago: What two things typify the last couple of years? Recession and the growing obsession with food. Stop … more →
wrote 2 years ago: DBC Pierre arrives harried, a half-hour late and admittedly a touch “hung over.” “Was up till 8 a.m. … more →
wrote 2 years ago: DBC Pierre has known life on the financial edge, and the edge of personal ruin. He’s also lived in A … more →
wrote 2 years ago: DBC Pierre’s Lights Out in Wonderland is currently top of my must-read list. Pushing decadence … more →