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Robert Louis Stevenson on writing: lose the ‘twaddling detail’. A newly published essay by Stevenson, written around 1881, is full of advice, with references to Shakespeare for true ‘sensation’. Alison Flood reports at The Guardian.
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Review | ‘Alex’ by Pierre Lemaitre, rev. by Alison Flood
»There’s humour here, and characters to return to, but really Alex is about thrills.«
Alison Flood
Alex by Pierre Lemaitre is a gripping, gory thriller, Alison Flood says. Her review at The Observer / Guardian.
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Portrait | Ruth Rendell: a life in writing. By Alison Flood
»Suspense is my thing. I think I am able to make people want to keep turning pages. They want to know what happens. So I can do that. Mind you, I think this ought to apply to any fiction, because however brilliant it is in other respects, you don’t want to go on reading it unless it does that to you.«
Ruth Rendell
Alison Flood with a portrait about Ruth Rendell, alias Barbara Vine, who recently has published her new novel The Child’s Child. Why Mrs. Rendell never met a murderer – read more at The Guardian.
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News | Donna Tartt to publish first novel for 11 years
»Bloomsbury is rumoured to have paid around £1m for The Little Friend. «.
Alison Flood
Alison Flood reports about the new novel The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Read more at The Guardian.
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Review | ‘Harbour Nocturne’ by Joseph Wambaugh, rev. by Alison Flood
»A worthy addition to the canon of the author known as the father of the modern police novel, Harbour Nocturne should not be missed.«
Alison Flood
Joseph Wambaugh‘s novel Harbour Nocturne, set in the tough, often surreal world of the LAPD, is never less than compelling, Alison Flood says. Her review at guardian.co.uk.
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Review | ‘Standing in Another Man’s Grave’ by Ian Rankin rev. by Alison Flood
»This very contrast might prove problematic for the author in future books; Fox was a compelling hero in previous novels but he’s pallid in comparison with Rebus.«
Alison Flood
Ian Rankin‘s dinosaur detective John Rebus returns to run riot in a PC world, Alison Flood says. Her review about Standing in Another Man’s Grave at guardian.co.uk.
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News | Alison Flood about Miss Gladden, No. 1 in ladies’ detective tradition back in print after 150 years
»Literary ancestor to Miss Marple, Lisbeth Salander and Nancy Drew, the redoubtable Miss Gladden – the first ever female detective in British fiction – is set to make her reappearance after almost 150 years out of print.«
Alison Flood
Alison Flood has news about Miss Gladden, the No. 1 in ladies’ detective tradition. The British Library is bringing Andrew Forrester‘s The Female Detective back into print. Read more at guardian.co.uk.
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Books Bloggers are killing literary criticism? (Update)
»You don’t read a literary critic to explain why a new Ian Rankin is any good – the people who know about him don’t need that explaining. If we’re going to keep literature and language alive, we have to be alert to the new, the things which aren’t like what’s been before.«
Peter Stothard
Books Bloggers are killing literary criticism? Peter Stothard, chair of this year’s Booker prize judges, says so. You will find his view at independent.co.uk. And Alison Flood reports at guardian.co.uk.
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