Andrew Blackman
From the monthly archives: December 2009
After 11 months in front of a computer screen, I am taking some time off. Many thanks for all your wonderful, thought-provoking comments over the year, and wishing you all a happy holiday season and a great 2010. See you next year!!
“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”
– Meulana Rumi (thanks to Elaine for the suggestion!)
The narrative style was very interesting in this book. In the present, Hans van den Broek is at home with his wife Rachel in London, receiving a phone call to say that his old friend Chuck Ramkissoon has been found murdered in New York. The novel is written more or less as Hans would [...]
OK, I haven’t done any self-promotion on here for a while, so here goes:
BUY MY BOOK! BUY MY BOOK! BUY MY BOOK!
Thank you.
The reason for this outburst is that my publisher is running a special promotion today – if you buy On the Holloway Road through their website, you get entered [...]
I didn’t like this book when I started it. Even when I was browsing it in the bookshop, I wasn’t that keen – I only bought it because it was half-price and it had won the Booker Prize. Surprising, then, that it ended up being one of the best books I’ve read in recent [...]
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