Search results
Philip Marlowe perfume, anyone? Raymond Chandler's estate revives its hero, for better or worse
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months ago(Paul Rogers / For The Times) Like a private eye sizing up the details of a dicey new case, Joe Ide...
Why Barbara Comyns is the best English novelist you’ve never heard of
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTHE READING LIST: In the strange, beguiling novels of mid-century writer Barbara Comyns, girls...
The Nazi shame of the first ever Best Actor winner at the Oscars
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen the ballot results came in to decide the first winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, the Academy...
Did Ian Fleming’s secret wartime mission inspire Goldfinger?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoConsidering that James Bond was employed on a mid-ranking civil servant’s salary of £1,500,...
'The Bloodied Nightgown' is a monument to Joan Acocella's savage wit and unsentimental generosity
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn eclectic collection of essays on subjects including Dracula, dirty words and Elena Ferrante is a...