by vjbooks | Jan 25, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(nzherald.co.nz, Jan 09, Nicky Pellegrino) When writing about the year ahead it seems almost mandatory to be all doom and economic gloom, but for book lovers at least, 2009 holds plenty of promise – new authors to discover, new releases from well- loved writers...
by vjbooks | Jan 21, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Ian Rankin was born in 1960 in Cardenden, Fife. His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. A long list of awards honor this Scotish author’s 25 novels. Rankin has been elected as a Hawthornden Fellow and won the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He has also...
by vjbooks | Jan 18, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(connpost.com, jan. 16, Joe Meyers) With so many “literary” novelists turning inward and away from broader social concerns and traditional storytelling, readers have been enjoying crime fiction in larger numbers each year. A genre that was once viewed as...
by vjbooks | Jan 1, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh and has since been employed as grape-picker, swineherd, taxman, alcohol researcher, hi-fi journalist and punk musician.His first Rebus novel, Knots & Crosses, was published...
by vjbooks | Dec 31, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(bangkokpost.com, Nov. 16, Roger Crutchley) The other evening I had just finished polishing off the latest Stephen Leather novel, Dead Men – a decent yarn by the way – and put the book onto the shelf next to the previous work I had read, A Good Day To Die...
by vjbooks | Dec 25, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(mcherald.com, Nov. 22, JC Patterson) Here’s a by-the-book breakdown of fine reads I have known and appreciated this year. The Big Boys: Heavyweight hits like Richard Price’s Lush Life, The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski , and my favorite read...
by vjbooks | Dec 20, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(catholic.org, Dec. 17) Sun Sentinel (MCT) – In “The Finder,” Colin Harrison combines a strong eye for social details and the intricacies of New York City for a novel that is equally literary fiction and mystery. A scheme in which office cleaners...
by vjbooks | Nov 2, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
Ian Rankin discusses Exit Music Order it today at VJ Books!
