'The Great Revolt' offers insight into Trump support
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 10:49
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics" (Crown Forum), by Salena Zito and Brad Todd People struggling to understand what is happening in American politics...
The Malta heist
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:53
Last update: about 9 years ago
Noel Grima
The genesis of this book is easily explained. "The manuscript of The Malta Job owes its existence to my wife Jean. As I exhausted the meagre library shelves of the hotel on our second long stay...
Life as it swirls round the poet
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:52
Last update: about 9 years ago
Charles Flores
It really happens. Every time someone insists Maltese poetry is dead or down in the doldrums, out comes a book that quickly proves him or her wrong. It is a pattern that has actually been repeating...
‘Is-Sħaħar ta’ Petut: Għand Rebus Totall’
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:49
Last update: about 9 years ago
Flying on a broomstick is not as easy as it looks. You need to have a knack for it, position your legs and arms in a certain way, practise and practise some more. Of course it can be very stressful if...
'The Captives' is a solid thriller with unusual twists
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:48
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"The Captives: a Novel" (Ecco), by Debra Jo Immergut Teenage obsessions often fade as one grows up. But psychologist Frank Lundquist never got over his fixation on his high school crush, Miranda...
A welcome dose of short stories
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:46
Last update: about 9 years ago
Klabb Kotba Maltin have recently published Alex Mizzi's second book of short stories in Maltese, Sbieh il-Hadd. Novelli. I just love short stories. I had passed through a phase when I literally...
'A Place for Us' explores bonds, vulnerability of family
Monday, 23 July 2018, 10:53
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"A Place for Us: A Novel" (SJP for Hogarth), by Fatima Farheen Mirza A new novel exploring the life of a Muslim Indian American family ruminates on the unexpected — how seemingly ordinary...
Stories in 'Sweet & Low' reach far past Southern region
Monday, 23 July 2018, 10:46
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"Sweet & Low" (Blue Rider Press), by Nick White. "Sweet & Low," a collection of short stories by Nick White, is set primarily in modern-day Mississippi, but the themes of these stories...
'See Her Run' has sophisticated plotting
Friday, 20 July 2018, 08:10
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"See Her Run" (Thomas & Mercer) by Peggy Townsend Journalist Peggy Townsend's superb debut delivers an intense character study of a woman whose public humiliation after losing her job has...
A welcome dose of short stories
Thursday, 19 July 2018, 09:18
Last update: about 9 years ago
KlabbKotba Maltin have recently published Alex Mizzi’s second book of short stories in Maltese, Sbiehil-Hadd.Novelli. I just love short stories. I had passed through a phase when I...