The Darkness
'The Narrow Road to the Deep North', by Richard Flanagan
Although its subject matter makes it heavy going, there's no doubt that every fan of literature should read this. Flanagan's novel won the Booker Prize last year, and most of it is truly excellent. The heart of the story is set in the Siamese jungle in 1943, and describes in remorseless, horrendous detail the forced labour of . . .
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Street Ethics
Film review: 'Carlito's Way'
This is a magnificent (and somewhat underrated) film, directed by Brian De Palma. More nuanced than Scarface and The Untouchables, it's also better acted. All the main cast are fantastic: Pacino, seemingly relishing his role, is much better here than he was in his previous film Scent of a Woman; Penelope Ann Miller as disenchanted old . . .
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Things Fall Apart
Book review: 'Harvest', by Jim Crace
Beginning 400 years ago and continuing until the advent of the First World War, a series of Enclosure Acts moved under private control British land that was previously available for common use. The laws were so named because they involved enclosing open fields with fences, giving legal ownership to a single deed holder.
An inevitable . . .
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