Charmer Eddie Chapman walks into a hotel in the late ’30s with a blond on his arm. She is not his wife. He orders some champagne and starts throwing money around. He has a lot of it. He has just dynamited a bank safe. Chapman commands attention where ever he goes. When he gets attention [...]
I was keen to read The Film Club by David Gillmour then gift it to Adam Kempenaar — the co-host of the Filmspotting podcast. Adam has said he is keen for when his own kids can appreciate his favourite movies. When the time came to give Adam the book, I didn’t do it. I was [...]
Just caught up with news of the new Neal Stephenson novel — Anathem. Amazon doesn’ have a dust jacket. It isn’t on Indigo yet.
BTW — the user experience on nealstephenson.com licks balls
I used to read books like Tom Mangold’s The Tunnels of Chu Chi when I was a kid. Not great literature, but the right mix of history and thrills — for a teenager. I haven’t read a book like it since. I had no interest. That is until the Globe and Mail reviewed Blackwater: The [...]