Press Release of "Reminder"

Every now and then, in the depressing mass-market orientated and behemoth-dominated publishing world of today, we hear a story of rightly-earned success and true talent duly vindicated. Tom McCarthy’s quick rise from cult-novelist to the big-time scene couldn’t offer a better example. His debut novel, Remainder, had been sent around to the usual suspects of [...]

Complete Reviews of "Reminder"

‘A splendidly odd novel… a refreshingly idiosyncratic, enjoyably intelligent read.’ The Guardian
‘Remainder is an intelligent and absurd satire on consumer culture.’ The Times
‘McCarthy’s prose is precise and unpretentious. His anti-hero is a sympathetic Everyman, and it is difficult to resist the dominion of his obsession… its minatory brilliance calls for classic status.’The Independent
‘…strangely gripping… Remainder [...]

Book Review: "Remainder" a novel by Tom McCarthy

About The BookTitle: RemainderAuthor: by Tom McCarthyISBN: 1-84688-015-7, Hardback, £10.99, 336 pp. Publication Date: July 2006
Reality studioPatrick Ness finds much to admire in Tom McCarthy’s refreshingly idiosyncratic word-of-mouth hit, Remainderby Patrick Ness, Guardian, Saturday August 12, 2006
Tom McCarthy’s splendidly odd novel has finally reached bookshop shelves via [...]

Giraffe explores science, secrets

Image Description: Ledgard tells his tale of killing and dreams from many points of view — including that of a reticulated giraffe cow.
By Will TizardStaff Writer, The Prague Post
About The BookTitle: GiraffePublishers: Jonathan Cape, UK, Penguin Press, U.S., Edition Heloise D’Ormesson, France336 pagesPrice: £16.99 ($32/700 Kč)
A state cover-up forms the basis for a sinister fairy [...]

Roger McGough: Pop Poetry in the ’60s

Roger McGough (left) talking to Damian Grant at the Cambridge Seminar 2007
How did a strap-wielding physics teacher affect Roger McGough’s earliest experience of poetry? What was it like to be at the helm of Liverpool’s influential poetry scene in the 1960s? And how did it feel to perform on Top of the Pops with a [...]

The Snows of Kilimanjaro short stories by Ernest Hemingway

The Snows of Kilimanjaro is a collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. The title story is sometimes considered the best story Hemingway ever wrote.
The collection includes the following stories:
* The Snows of Kilimanjaro * A Clean, Well-Lighted Place * A Day’s Wait * The Gambler, the Nun, and the [...]

"The Sun Also Rises" a Novel by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises is considered the first significant novel by Ernest Hemingway. Published in 1926, the plot centers on a group of expatriate Americans in Europe during the 1920s. The book’s title, selected by Hemingway (at the recommendation of his publisher) is taken from Ecclesiastes 1:5: “the sun also ariseth.” Hemingway’s original title for [...]

"Wuthering Heights" a Novel by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë’s only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. The name of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres. (As an adjective, wuthering is a Yorkshire word [...]

Native Son a Novel by Richard Wright

Native Son (1940) is a novel by American author Richard Wright. The novel tells the story of 22-year old Bigger Thomas, an African-American of the poorest class, struggling to live in Chicago’s South Side ghetto in the 1930s. His life is doomed from the outset: after Bigger accidentally kills a white woman, he runs from [...]

"Animal Farm" a Novel George Orwell

Animal Farm (full title: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story) is a novella by George Orwell, and is perhaps the most famous satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism. Published in 1945, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era. Orwell, a democratic socialist, and a member of the Independent Labour Party for many [...]