Bark by Lorrie Moore
Reviewing anything by an author as established as Moore requires a little extra perspective, especially if you care about her body of work as a whole. Moore’s last collection of…
Fiction
Unity Books Auckland Staff Picks for 2013
At Unity Books Auckland, we’ve read so many terrific books this year that it has been difficult for each of us to pick our final shortlist. Here are our staff…
HHhH by Laurent Binet
There are so many stories written in and of Prague that the city’s streets – both real and imagined – are teeming with plots and characters. Perhaps aware of the…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, Pocket Books ($28) Stephen Chbosky’s Perks of Being a Wallflower is a book as startling as it is affecting. It‘s the story…
Wake Of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart
Wake Of Forgiveness Bruce Machart, Houghton Mifflin $30 On a moonless Texas night in 1895, an ambitious young landowner suffers the loss of “the only woman he’s ever been fond…
May We Be Forgiven by A. M. Homes
May We Be Forgiven A. M. Homes, Granta ($37) Harry is a Richard Nixon scholar who leads a quiet, regular life; his brother George is a high-flying TV producer, with…
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
After lunch Joe Elegant read Fauna his latest chapter. He explained the myth and the symbol. “You see,” he said “the grandmother stands for guilt.” “Ain’t she dead and buried?”…
Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky
Atlas of Remote Islands Judith Schalansky, Penguin Judith Schalansky was born in East Germany before the wall came down and fell in love with the idea of travel but,…
The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
The Lighthouse Alison Moore, Canongate ($25) Click here to listen to Kiran’s review on 95bFM’s Morning Glory Show. On the outer deck of a North Sea ferry stands Futh, a…
C by Tom McCarthy
C Tom McCarthy, Vintage ($28) Electromagnetics, black bile, radio static- C is a freaky transmission, rare and strange. Now it’s in paperback you have no excuses. Kiran Dass (Unity Wellington)…
