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Reviewed by Gillian, Berkelouw Books, Mona Vale
Opposite the title page of The Chemistry of Tears there is a list of 17 books under the heading "Also by Peter Carey". I've read 15 of them, usually falling on them greedily on the day of publication. In my opinion Carey writers two types of books - great ones and good ones. Parrot and Olivier in... (continued)
Reviewed by Gillian, Berkelouw Books, Mona Vale
Louise Hawson is an inspiring person who, in 2009-2010, produced a blog, that grew into an exhibition and finally blossomed into a beautiful book. Her project was to visit a new Sydney suburb every week for a year and to photograph the people, places and objects that interested her. Her particul... (continued)
Reviewed by Gillian, Berkelouw Books, Mona Vale
I finally picked up this handsome volume when I realised it was the basis for the new film Hugo, direct by the venerable Martin Scorsese. What a treat was in store! Set in a time between the world wars, the story describes Hugo Cabret's life hidden in the bowels of the Montparnasse railway stati... (continued)
Reviewed by Gillian, Berkelouw Books, Mona Vale
It's 1938 and Pat Donlon is filled with the conviction that he can paint in a wholly new and Australian way. He is contemptuous of local art schools, newly married, extremely poor and ready to risk rejection he asks an art patron for money. Humiliated he finds himself in the office of Arthur Lain... (continued)
Reviewed by Gillian, Berkelouw Books Mona Vale
I know of no other character in Australian fiction who has come so completely and plausibly into our lives as Edith Campbell Berry - the heroine of three Moorhouse novels written in the last 25 years. Journalist Annabel Crabb launched the third instalment in Edith's story dressed as Berry. In hi... (continued)
Reviewed by Berkelouw Newtown
“Scenes from a Provincial Life” is a collection of Coetzee’s three earlier works – Boyhood, Youth and Summer time. All are memoirs, though the later has been categorised as ‘fiction’ despite its no-less obvious references to the author himself. It begi... (continued)
Reviewed by Nicole Mansour, Berkelouw Newtown
English writer Alan Hollinghurst is often classified as two things: the Henry James of his time, and an acute chronicler of gay experience in London. His latest work, “The Stranger’s Child”, is his first since winning the Booker prize for “The Line of Beauty&rdquo... (continued)
Reviewed by George, Berkelouw Paddington
One of the better reviews I read about The Sisters Brothers (I think it was on the Guardian website) commented on the difficulty of making readers feel true empathy for the characters of a novel. And when your lead characters are two guns-for-hire - one a merciless psychopath, the other a temp... (continued)
Reviewed by George, Berkelouw Paddington
"Rule 1: Abandon truth.Rule 2: Write a popular book. Do not waste energy making it a good book....Rule 6: Evoke confusing sadness at end.Rule 7: Prose should be 'lyrical'....Rule 15: Must have obscure exotic locations.Rule 16: Include plant names." These are just a few of the 16 rules Pete Tarsl... (continued)
Reviewed by Louise, Dee Why
This is an incredibly hard-hitting young adult fiction novel. It is the story of a girl who lives life as a shadow after her parents are killed and “Uncle Creepo” makes it too risky for her to stay at home. The Shadow Girl lives life on the streets, tricks her way int... (continued)
Reviewed by Louise, Dee Why
If you’ve ever dreamt of making a sea-change, but have never quite had the opportunity or risk-taking nature required to do so, then read The Briny Café. It will transport you into that dreamy life, for a little while at least. This is the first work of fiction by Pittwater’s ... (continued)
Reviewed by Gillian, Berkelouw Books, Mona Vale
Winner of the 2001 Miles Franklin Award this book was published seven years after Grand Days. Dark Palace takes us back to Geneva, pre-World War II where Edith’s marriage to the journalist Robert Dole is slowly unravelling. Edith is despondent that the League’s efforts to bring about ... (continued)
Reviewed by Gillian, Berkelouw Books Mona Vale
Edith Campbell Berry heading from Paris to Geneva by train meets Englishman Ambrose Westwood. She is an Australian on her way to take up a position with The League of Nations. Major Ambrose Westwood is a doctor who served in World War I, a former British Foreign Office executive he also works at ... (continued)The Berkelouw family has traded in books for generations. Read about our family history.
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