Someone like you Roald Dahl Harmondsworth:  Penguin, 1970 Call No.: English DAH Available at NLB libraries Have you met the illustrious Mr Dahl? Oh yes, he may be the world’s most famous children’s author, with the most eccentric taste in humour. In the book-publishing world, the mere mention of his name can bring forth many...

Literary Highlights The Literary Review’s Bad Sex Award was presented on 30 November 2010, so I’m a little late in reporting this. Nominated for his bad writing about sex (not the entire novel..) in The Shape of Her, Rowan Somerville beat out competitors such as Jonathan Franzen, Christos Tsiolkas and Alastair Campbell to clinch this...