Carbon Copy review by a former English teacher
A critic evaluates Colin Free's first novel Carbon Copy. The piece compares Free's prose to his radio and TV work, praising technical skill but faulting emotional depth and humanity. The reviewer notes strong character potential yet cold execution, urging more human focus and genuine resonance.
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Colin Free
Delta
Army Cook
John Meillon
Robert Shingle
Walter Armstrong
Sydney
Blue Mountains
World
Colin Bree
Colin
Victorian Patchwork review by Cyril Pearl critiques smut focus
The book Victorian Patchwork by Cyril Pearl surveys mid Victorian culture with emphasis on sex, brothels, public executions, and death obsessions. It contrasts Dickens and Reynolds and recounts William Stead’s campaigns against child trafficking, noting Pearl’s heavy prose dulls a lively subject.
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David Thomson
Mr Pearl
French
Lewes
Household Words
Servants
Charles Dickens
G. W. M. Reynolds
Reynolds
Close Up versus Distant Laugh Ter film novels
A critical compare of Len Deighton and Bryan Forbes film world novels. Forbes’s Close Up is praised for intimate, well paced storytelling and strong dialogue, while Deighton’s book isNatalie detailed but less alive, despite deep film industry insight and a sharp narrator. Forbes emerges as the more engaging chronicler of cinema life.
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Len Deighton
Cape
Bryan Forbes
Collins
Hese
Deighton
Forbes
Brian Forbes
Phis
Questioning the Past edited by D P Crook review
A mass of papers in history and government edited by D P Crook from University of Queensland Press. The volume honors Gordon Greenwood for 21 years as McCaughey Professor. Twenty six authors cover topics from Ancient Greece to modern political theory. intended for students and historians rather than the general reader.
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DP. Crook
University of Queensland Press
Gordon Greenwood
McCaughey
University of Queensland
Ghalib portrait and the myth of Muslim nationalism
Review of a book edited by Ralph Russell on Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. The piece discusses Ghalib’s life from Agra to Delhi, his Urdu and Persian poetry, and his cross religious appeal, with emphasis on secular harmony in 19th century India. It notes Russell’s self portrait approach and the broader aim to present Ghalib as a man.
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India
Bangladesh
Ghalib
Pakistan
Europe
America
Mirza’ Asadu Llah Khan
Asad
Agra
Delhi
Calcutta
Oudh
Ralph Russell
Spear
Peter Hardy
India Office Library
Fire Brigade
Noela Young
London
The Lyric Author as Prophet IF THE WAR GOES ON
Review of Hermann Hesse’s IF THE WAR GOES ON translated by Ralph Manheim. The 28 war and philosophy essays span 1914 to 1921 and 1937 to 1948. The volume reveals Hesse’s political convictions and a literary style tempered by emotion yet superb translation.
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Hermann Hesse
Ralph Manheim
Cape
Hesse
Montagnola
Zarathustra
Mili
Europe
Earth
Manheim
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Stead
Lord Snell
England
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House of Commons
Canterbury
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John Morley
Paris
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Aar
Switzerland
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Faber
Uruguay
Brian Palfrey
Marshall Stone
Stoney
Stone
Punch One
Sam Goldwyn
Reson
Louis B. Mayer
S. A. A. Rizvi
George Allen and Unwin
Ronald McCuaig
Angus and Robertson
Candybar
Gangles
By Alberto Corboz
Amy Huang
Susan MacDougell
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