This may be my favorite of the nine novels I've read of his, and the five as Benjamin Black. John Banville evokes sexual desire and ad...

This second volume of letters "having bearing on my work" elegantly compiles Samuel Beckett's postwar correspondence. Limite...

The editors began this project around 1985. Changes in ownership of Beckett’s works, negotiations over publication of his corresp...

In Bogmail and Foggage, Patrick McGinley sent up the Irish (could he or it be otherwise?) murder mystery genre. He scooped dollops of e...

M. D. Healy parcels out advice in helpful bits. For instance, disparity between where an infant is born and where the census records the b...

I've used this before, and the newest (2011 tenth) edition edited by Paul Gray and Geoff Wallis (who also wrote the fine "Rough ...

Bhí oibrí ag feacháint mise inné. Thug mé an bruscar leis an gcolbha. Duirt sé liom: "Ach, tá tú ag déanamh rudaí atá triall !" ...

I approached this with admitted skepticism. However, as I liked "Buddhism for Dummies" despite its title, with Stephan Bodian as...

In 128 Kindle pages, this aligns with its aim: demystification and clarity, rational presentation of what's often occluded. Richard Ha...

What does this book offer any reader drawn in by its credited author? With many titles attributed to or about the Dalai Lama, it can chal...

While another Canadian teacher of English in the late 80s in this Himalayan kingdom's eastern remote reaches has gained nearly a hundr...

This Australian IT engineer accompanies his new French wife to Bhutan for an extended consultancy, where she's hired to advise its dai...

Tá mé ag shíleadh faoi dhaoine cruitheachtaí éagsúlaí le deanaí. D'fhoghlaim mé faoi bhlag nua, suíomh gréasáin eile, agus smaointe úr...

Based on a 1931 British expedition to award a knighthood to the King of Bhutan, this 2004 novel continues this Welsh writer's explorat...

Previous reviews (Amazon) have been brief if enthusiastic; here's mine with more detail. Russ and Blyth Carpenter offer short "sk...