The Death of Bunny Munro By Nick Cave

reviewed by Mark Mordue

Originally published on October 30, 2009

“The Death of Bunny Munro should carry an EXPLICIT warning too, but the provocative cover art may similarly protect readers from being too surprised. Ironically, it’s the depth – not the in-your-face shallowness – of the book that is the real jack in the box.”

Another Country Stories by Nicholas Rothwell

reviewed by Mark Mordue

Originally published on April 6, 2009

“A heady analyst of the world around him, [Rothwell is] overly fond of flashing his intelligence forward in the odd word certain to send you to a dictionary. His sense of other people’s voices also jars, as if everyone is gifted with the Queen’s English and a perfect philosophical riposte.”

Another Country

reviewed by Mark Mordue

Originally published on February 10, 2009

“A heady analyst of the world around him, [Rothwell is] overly fond of flashing his intelligence forward in the odd word certain to send you to a dictionary. His sense of other people’s voices also jars, as if everyone is gifted with the Queen’s English and a perfect philosophical riposte.”

Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski

reviewed by Mark Mordue

Originally published on June 18, 2008

“…This tendency to slide between the past and present, to place events inside an historical echo chamber, to draw us into a world where fact and myth are entwined and time becomes `timeless’, is classic `Kapuscinskian’ territory.”

On Chesil Beach

reviewed by Mark Mordue

Originally published on July 9, 2007

“They were young, educated, and both virgins on this their wedding night, and they lived in a time when conversation about sexual difficulties was plainly impossible. But it is never easy.”

The Road Fiction by Cormac McCarthy

reviewed by Mark Mordue

Originally published on February 6, 2007

“Touted as something of a post-September 11 novel by the publisher, The Road actually harks as much to the disturbing imagery of the 1991 Basra road massacre in the First Gulf War and more recent Iraqi traumas…”