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Book Review: <i>Hand Me Down World</i>
Lloyd Jones' new novel will unavoidably face the towering legacy of Mister Pip: international acclaim, a Man Booker short-list placing, awards, local admiration, sales and a degree of controversy.
Lloyd Jones' new novel will unavoidably face the towering legacy of Mister Pip: international acclaim, a Man Booker short-list placing, awards, local admiration, sales and a degree of controversy.
If reading is a pleasure and a refuge in this day and age, imagine what a joy it must have been to snatch a few hours alone with a good book for pioneering New Zealanders.
The Modfather overcomes issues with his guitar tech and sound mix to become something worth the wait.
For those readers who do not regularly encounter the New Yorker, Guardian, Financial Times, and others it may come as a surprise to find historian Simon Schama finds time away from writing best-selling books.
When Frank Sargeson was 78 years old, not long before he died, I interviewed him for a half-hour television documentary.
At the age of 76, Leonard Cohen, the dark poet is a warm, gracious, comfortable performer on stage.
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Nun veteran acquires new habit
Rating: 3/5 Verdict: A few good laughs but not many surprises
Rating: 3/5 Verdict: The Walking in Memphis man digs out his old albums
Rating: 3/5 Verdict: Needs to sound more like Autozamm
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Father Ted composer in another guise
Bonobos. They share 98.7 per cent of our DNA. They're slimmer and lankier than chimpanzees. They can be taught to use sign language. They're vocal, sociable, and "extremely amorous". They even (ahem) use the missionary position.