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The structure of Richard Bassett’s biography will appeal to readers
In Three Days in June, the plot is quiet to the point of near stupor
Mia Farrow doesn’t even appear until page 313 of Patrick McGilligan’s latest film biography
The octogenarian writer seems unable to resist the burlesque, describing the most lurid encounters at an apparently droll remove
His mantra was ‘not to say no when there’s a way to say yes’
Why are so many women reading the genre?
The Crying of Lot 49 is often hawked as the gateway drug to the writer’s peculiar universe
For sheer entertainment value, it is ‘campus trilogy’ of Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work that can hardly be bettered
Despite its ringing title, I don’t think Summer of Fire and Blood is for the general reader
Let’s be honest, The Secret Painter could have been absolutely terrible
