Warrington Guardian - Books - News, New Releases and Reviews

Frayn, Michael - Spies

4:23pm Friday 4th January 2008

SPIES is an A-level set text, and thus a book I have had to read a number of times. And the more you read this book, the more you resent the fact that Michael Frayn’s publishers ever asked him to write it.

French, Tana - In the Woods

5:21pm Thursday 3rd January 2008

TWENTY odd years ago Rob Ryan was the only one of three children to be found alive after they disappeared in woods near their homes.

Hosseini, Khaled - The Kite Runner

5:16pm Thursday 3rd January 2008

WHEN a book is made into a film, it’s tempting to save the hours that could be spent reading and head straight to the cinema.

DeLillo, Don - Falling Man

10:14am Thursday 7th June 2007

SINCE his monumental Underworld, Don DeLillo has understandably been producing shorter works; if that was a magisterial secret history of America in the 20th century, this could be taken as the coda required since September 11, 2001.

Coben, Harlan - The Woods

2:56pm Tuesday 29th May 2007

WHEN it comes to writing crime thrillers, Harlan Coben has no equal among modern day writers.

Wood, Victoria - Victoria’s Empire

8:00am Thursday 3rd May 2007

FRESH from her return as the new face of Asda, Victoria Wood is back on the BBC with a TV series Victoria's Empire, and this, the accompanying book of the show.

Godwin, Peter - When A Crocodile Eats The Sun

10:53am Thursday 26th April 2007

FROM the brilliant Zimbabwe-born author and journalist Peter Godwin, When A Crocodile Eats The Sun is the hotly anticipated follow-up to Mukiwa: A White Boy In Africa, and it certainly doesn't disappoint.

Clark, Dr David Findlay - Stand By Your Beds!

11:09am Thursday 19th April 2007

"WHERE are you from?" is a standard remark to make on chance acquaintance and over the years when I have replied "Padgate" to anyone now aged 65-plus, I have so often been regarded rather like someone who had uttered the word "Transylvania".

Talbot, Bryan - Alice in Sunderland: An Entertainment

12:43pm Thursday 12th April 2007

FOR all the timelessness of Lewis Carroll's great creations, he and Alice still tend to be associated with a particular place and time - a sunny afternoon on the river near Oxford.

Patterson, James - Cross

7:00am Thursday 22nd February 2007

FANS of James Patterson will be well acquainted with Alex Cross and his family.