Yasmin has read ‘Ghost Music’ by Graham Masterton
Ghost Music by Graham Masterton Great Britain : Severn House Publishers, c2008 Call No.: MAS-[HO] There is lesser blood and gore in Masterton’s recent novel, Ghost Music. Unlike his previous “creep-you-out-of-your-skin” novels such as Prey, The House That Jack Built and A Terrible Beauty, Ghost Music is without much gory descriptions and is rather bland.Gideon...
Alice Munro wins Man Booker International prize
The 77-year-old writer Canadian short story writer has claimed the £60,000 prize. The prize is awarded not for any particular work, but rather, the author’s ”bodies of work” and the contribution made to “fiction on the world stage”. The Guardian described her stories as “unexpected in unexpected ways”, and her writing, while spare, contain “knots of great...
Heartlands meets on 29th May with Wena Poon
Dear Friends, For May’s bookclub meeting, we are discussing the short story “My Cousin Tim” by Simon Tay, one of this year’s READ! Singapore titles. Guest author Wena Poon is joining us and together we will also compare her stories from “Lions in Winter” with Simon Tay’s story. The details: Date/time: 4.00pm, Friday 29 May...
Michael has read ‘A Free Life’ by Ha Jin
A Free Life By Ha Jin New York : Pantheon Books, c2007 Call No.: JIN Ha Jin has done it again. He has mined that mixture of rich imagination and real life and produced yet another detailed (very detailed) narrative about how a Chinese immigrant settles in the United States with wife and a son...
Tan Boon Leng has read “Lie Down in Darkness”
Lie down in darkness by William Styron New York : Vintage Books, 1992. Call No.: STY Throw in religion, alcoholism, sexual intemperateness – and you get a literary dish of a dysfunctional American family living in the early 20th century. “Lie down in darkness” relates the story of Milton Loftis, a philandering middle-of-the-road lawyer who...
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