I personally owe a lot to this wonderful novel. It inspired my own Spirit of the Place, of which a reviewer said, ‘It reads like a starter pack for Possession.’ Was this a put-down or praise? I chose praise, because, though not intentionally, that’s what, in effect, it is. I remember back in 1990, when the opinions of the Booker panel were televised before the winner was announced, someone from the Cambridge English Faculty dismissed Possession because, he opined, any of his colleague...| reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
About the Book: In the heart-aching new novel from the author of the award–winning Golden Child, a mother searches for the daughter she left behind a lifetime ago. Trinidad, 1980: Dawn Bishop, aged…| Theresa Smith Writes
About the Book: Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, young – young enough to be her…| Theresa Smith Writes
"I first read Stone Yard Devotional in great greedy gulps. It is intense and nakedly personal, and left me wanting more on every page."| Writers Review
My experience of the 2024 Booker Prize shortlist has been unusually shaped by reviews. For reasons I’ll explore, I came across most of these books first by reputation rather than in the reading. Now, full disclosure: I read a lot of reviews, and I read multiple pieces about each Booker-shortlisted novel every year. This will […]| @Number 71
There’s a moment in Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting – a novel which stands proud of the rest of this year’s Booker Prize shortlist, if only for its bulk, amid the company of what otherwise is a slew of rather slim books – when we flash back to one of the protagonists’ first days at […]| @Number 71
