Paul Goodman
Paul Goodman is as former Readings Hawthorn bookseller
Review — 25 Feb 2019
Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Life in Pitchaya Sudbanthad’s Bangkok is neither fair nor unfair: ‘it is only so,’ goes the mantra, reminding us that these events, the passing of old to new, the rise…
Review — 25 Mar 2019
Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt
Shedding the mask of Harriet Burden, the protagonist of her previous novel The Blazing World, Siri Hustvedt reappears perhaps more overtly in Memories of the Future as ‘S.H.’ –…
Review — 22 Oct 2018
China Dream by Ma Jian
It’s no coincidence that Ma Jian dedicates this book to George Orwell. Named after Xi Jinping’s vision for Chinese prosperity, China Dream is a tale of the self, broken over…
Review — 23 Sep 2018
Berta Isla by Javier Marías
Impermanence and identity are at the heart of Javier Marías’ latest work, a literary spy tale in which Oxford undergraduate Tomás is recruited into the British secret service after event…
