I read in succession two books that start off with the sudden death of a middle aged man, and writing this review some time (too long) after reading the book, I find myself getting confused between this book and J. … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
2014, 402 p. I’ve been dipping into books about Uruguay- a place I’ve never been- and about Jose (‘Pepe’) Mujica, the ex-President of Uruguay who died recently. I haven’t been able to find many English-language books about the Tupamaros, especially … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Since the Orange One has launched his mayhem on the world – did this second presidency really only start in January?- China and Xi Jinping are presenting themselves as a calm, considered and stable presence on the world stage in … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
As I have related several times in this blog over the years, when I was young I read Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen. In that story, a shard from an evil, broken mirror entered the eye of a little … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip