I will begin with full disclosure. I’ve known Nicki for many years now – she and her husband Mark opened Mostly Books in Abingdon back in the mid noughties, and I strived to be their best customer! Some years later the couple sold the bookshop on to its new owner Sarah, where it continues to Read More
Tag: Impersonation
A case of act first, think later…
I Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia Translated by Ignat Avsey Alexander Lernet-Holenia was Austrian, a protégé of Rilke, he wrote poems, novels, plays and screenplays. He served during both world wars, but managed to keep his distance from the National Socialist Party. I Was Jack Mortimer (Ich war Jack Mortimer) was published in 1933, Read More
The second of two top notch thrillers
Beside Myself by Ann Morgan I read this immediately on the heels of The Woman in Cabin 10 (see here), a second top-notch thriller which more than made up for the disappointment of The Girl on the Train (see here). This psychodrama has double the attraction too… I wonder if you can guess from the Read More
