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The Abstinence Teacher
13/08/08 | Nic Jameson
The ‘truths’ chronicled by Perrotta in The Abstinence Teacher are mostly concerned with sex, a subject with which most of his characters are unsettlingly obsessed (and one which saturates the book, in some fairly distasteful ways).
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Funny Boys
31/07/08 | Craig Bennett
Funny Boys is set in a time when New York was run by the mob. The book is a good window into the reality…
Funny Boys is set in a time when New York was run by the mob. The book is a good window into the reality…
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Prince Caspian - the book
19/05/08 | Warren Bird
What’s immediately obvious is that Prince Caspian does not have the overt gospel parallels that highlight…
What’s immediately obvious is that Prince Caspian does not have the overt gospel parallels that highlight…
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No Eye Has Seen
26/03/08 | Lucy Tyler
No Eye Has Seen is rich in biblical themes and provides an interesting glimpse of heaven and hell.
No Eye Has Seen is rich in biblical themes and provides an interesting glimpse of heaven and hell.
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Robbie Williams: A Life Less Ordinary
19/03/08 | Heather Smith
The world admires its pop stars. And Robbie Williams is one of the more outrageous ones.
The world admires its pop stars. And Robbie Williams is one of the more outrageous ones.
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The Spiderwick Chronicles - the books
09/03/08 | Mark Hadley
You always know when you’re on to a good book when you decide you have time to read one chapter then look up…
You always know when you’re on to a good book when you decide you have time to read one chapter then look up…
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The River Baptists
23/01/08 | Lucy Tyler
Belinda Castles’ second novel, The River Baptists, is a fluid and engrossing novel of interlocking stories…
Belinda Castles’ second novel, The River Baptists, is a fluid and engrossing novel of interlocking stories…
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The Gathering
02/12/07 | Stephen Liggins
Like most recent Booker winners, The Gathering is not feel-good fiction. Enright, herself, admits that “when…
Like most recent Booker winners, The Gathering is not feel-good fiction. Enright, herself, admits that “when…
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The Amber Spyglass
25/11/07 | Mark Hadley
It should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the first two volumes of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials…
It should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the first two volumes of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials…
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Master Of The Books
29/10/07 | Lisa Hall
Is it possible to deceive when telling the truth? This was an intriguing question raised by James Moloney in his…
Is it possible to deceive when telling the truth? This was an intriguing question raised by James Moloney in his…
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Everyman
17/09/07 | Craig Schwarze
Philip Roth is considered by some to be the finest American novelist of the last 25 years. In his latest book,…
Philip Roth is considered by some to be the finest American novelist of the last 25 years. In his latest book,…
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
30/07/07 | Sarah Barnett
In her wildly successful “children’s” series JK Rowling has constructed a narrative that asks us to consider…
In her wildly successful “children’s” series JK Rowling has constructed a narrative that asks us to consider…
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The Witch of Portobello
18/07/07 | Craig Schwarze
What is a Christian to make of Paulo Coelho? He is a former dark magician, now a practising Catholic, who writes…
What is a Christian to make of Paulo Coelho? He is a former dark magician, now a practising Catholic, who writes…
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The Subtle Knife
04/07/07 | Mark Hadley
There is a word for the philosophy that Philip Pullman is pushing in the second installment of the His Dark…
There is a word for the philosophy that Philip Pullman is pushing in the second installment of the His Dark…
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Northern Lights
25/06/07 | Mark Hadley
Philip Pullman, the author of Northern Lights, may prove to be to children’s literature what Richard Dawkins…
Philip Pullman, the author of Northern Lights, may prove to be to children’s literature what Richard Dawkins…
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Heléna
20/06/07 | David McKay
Sydney author Jo-Anne Berthelsen’s first novel takes us into the life of a young Czechoslovakian pianist just…
Sydney author Jo-Anne Berthelsen’s first novel takes us into the life of a young Czechoslovakian pianist just…
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Orpheus Lost
06/06/07 | Craig Schwarze
Leela is a mathematical genius. She escaped a fundamentalist upbringing in South Carolina, and is now studying…
Leela is a mathematical genius. She escaped a fundamentalist upbringing in South Carolina, and is now studying…
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The Gospel According to Judas
30/05/07 | Bill Salier
This beautifully presented book purports to be a ‘gospel’ written by Benjamin Iscariot, the son of Judas Iscariot,…
This beautifully presented book purports to be a ‘gospel’ written by Benjamin Iscariot, the son of Judas Iscariot,…
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The Unhappy Goldfish
25/04/07 | Mark Hadley
One look at The Unhappy Goldfish told me that I had a winner on my hands when it came to my two young boys.…
One look at The Unhappy Goldfish told me that I had a winner on my hands when it came to my two young boys.…
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