Monthly Archives: December 2009
A shiver down my spine – Robert Jackson Bennett’s Mr Shivers
Robert Jackson Bennett‘s debut novel, Mr Shivers, plays out to a sound track of a demented Ennio Morricone or Nick Cave against the 1930s dustbowl. Marcus Connelly is hunting down Mr Shivers, a scarred man who leaves death in his … Continue reading
New Russell Hoban books on the horizon
Catching up at the moment and heard that Russell Hoban has a new children’s novel coming from Walker books in 2011 called “Soonchild”. The Ocelot Factory website has further details and carries a very brief extract (three paragraphs) but it … Continue reading