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Contributor Published July 13, 2008 “Life Class,” by Pat Barker, Doubleday Publishers, New York, 307 pages, $23.95 “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is true in most instances. In this case, the book’s cover was my first clue...
Will Tim Martin be replaced by a computer program? According to booklamp.org, one possible review of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park runs "pacing 7, density 3, action 9, description 3, dialogue 9". If you enjoyed it, then...
Readers have voted Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel Midnight's Children their favourite Booker prize-winner of all time - and it's not even his best-known work. Confusingly, it is the third time he and his novel Midnight's Children...
Salman Rushdie's epic novel has been named Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary of the prestigious literary prize. How might those who cannot fathom or finish it still appear erudite? By reading a precis of course. And...
Booker nominees see sales rocket as their works get mass promotion As six award-winning authors wait to find out who will take home the Best of the Booker prize, what does it take to win a Booker-winning novel? Martyn Goff, who...
