Thoughts and words

Night walk

fter a hectic day, my wife consulted her Fitbit and announced her intention of completing her daily quota of steps by going on a "little night walk" around the town. "Night Walk" - what a title for a film, a novel or a novella! "Night Walk." Career woman under stress... Read more →

Patrick Hamilton? Who is that?

At first, The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton (below) does not appear to be a novel about war. Appearances notwithstanding, it is a novel about WW2 but the war is revealed from a different perspective. The year is 1943, but there are no descriptions of combat, of troop movements,... Read more →

Cecil Roberts - Out of Time?

Cecil Roberts (1892-1976) was an English novelist, poet and dramatist. He was a prolific writer and his novels were very popular in his lifetime. He is now almost forgotten. His books include A Terrace in the Sun and the Pilgrim Cottage trilogy. During my teens, I read and enjoyed many... Read more →

Whispers

Whispers in the Hearts of Men concerns Richard Chambers’ ordeal as a victim of kidnap in the Middle-East and his reactions to the hopeless and desperate situation. The book also explores the motivation of the kidnappers, who are responding to desperate and desolate conditions of their own. The situation’s resolution... Read more →