Book Reviews Blog

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Sunday 1st December 2002

Summary :
Murder trial on nw pacific island resonates back down the years in tensions between ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Dec 2002

Review of "Snow Falling On Cedars"

Very well told tale - what at first seemed like a courtroom drama opened out through use of nested flashbacks



Sunday 1st December 2002

Summary :
fencing contractor gang

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Dec 2002

Review of "The Restraint of Beasts"

a strange and slightly disturbing tale



Friday 1st November 2002

Summary :
Inside history of GD

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Nov 2002

Review of "A Long Strange Trip"

detailed & authoritative as one mans well researched perception can be



Tuesday 1st October 2002

2001

Oxygen

Author : Andrew Miller

Summary :
vaguely related stories of sons tending their dying (cancer) mother and Hungarian exile playwright ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Oct 2002

Review of "Oxygen"

ok ish but not satisfying



Tuesday 1st October 2002

Summary :
diplomat deeply in love with his murdered wife follows her journey to the dark heart of pharma ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Oct 2002

Review of "The Constant Gardener"

a true evolution of the cold war spy genre into the post-national corporate world struggle - very gripping & at times evocotave