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The Fry Chronicles – A Charming Memoir by Stephen Fry

On January 26, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Spanning 1979-1987, “The Fry Chronicles” charts Stephen’s arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. “Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book”. (“The Times”). “Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement.

Under the Volcano: A Novel by Malcolm Lowry

On August 17, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Under the Volcano remains one of literature’s most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man’s constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.

The Gift of Rain: A Historical Novel by Tan Twan Eng

On August 11, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

This remarkable debut saga of intrigue and akido flashes back to a darkly opulent WWII-era Malaya. Phillip Hutton, 72, lives in serene Penang comfort, occasionally training students as an akido master teacher of teachers. A visit from Michiko Murakami sends him spiraling back into his past, where he grows up the alienated half-British, half-Chinese son of a wealthy Penang trader in the years before WWII.

Music CD: Back to Black by Amy Winehouse

On July 25, 2011, in It's all about music..., by Wilfried F. Voss

Hailed by Newsweek Magazine as a cross between Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill, British soul singer Amy Winehouse’s U.S. debut, Back To Black hits the US amid a flurry of accolades, radio and TV buzz unprecedented in recent years for a young siren.

Amy Winehouse – A Life Messier Than Music

On July 24, 2011, in It's all about music..., by Wilfried F. Voss

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was a British singer-songwriter known for her powerful contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B,soul and jazz.

John Dollar – A Female Version Of “Lord Of The Flies” by Marianne Wiggins

On July 22, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Of this “mesmerizing” tale of eight shipwrecked British schoolgirls, their governess and her eponymous lover, a sailor, PW observed, “Wiggins strips away the veneer of civilization to reveal the raw, primitive heart of nature and human nature.”

David Bowie: Starman – A Biography by Paul Trynka

On July 22, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, It's all about music..., Music, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

“Ziggy Stardust,” “Changes,” Under Pressure,” “Let’s Dance,” “Fame,” “Heroes,” and of course, “Starman.” These are the classic songs of David Bowie, the artist whose personas are indelibly etched in our pop consciousness alongside his music. He wrote and recorded with everyone from Iggy Pop to Freddie Mercury to John Lennon, sold 136 million albums, has one of the truly great voices, and influenced bands as wide-ranging as Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand.

The Upright Piano Player: A Novel by David Abbott

On June 28, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Henry Cage seems to have it all: a successful career, money, a beautiful home, and a reputation for being a just and principled man. But public virtues can conceal private failings, and as Henry faces retirement, his well-ordered life begins to unravel. His ex-wife is ill, his relationship with his son is strained to the point of estrangement, and on the eve of the new millennium he is the victim of a random violent act which soon escalates into a prolonged harassment.

Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D. H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer

On June 8, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence is the best book about not writing a book about D.H Lawrence ever written. Other people have written untraditional, even loopy tributes to the priest of love before–including boon companions Anais Nin and Henry Miller–but no one has done it with Dyer’s chutzpah, or with such fantastic success.

Farishta – A Novel About Foreign Service in Afghanistan by Patricia McArdle

On June 5, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Twenty-one years ago, diplomat Angela Morgan witnessed the death of her husband during the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Devastated by her loss, she fled back to America, where she hid in the backwaters of the State Department and avoided the high-profile postings that would advance her career. Now, with that career about to dead-end and no true connections at home, she must take the one assignment available-at a remote British army outpost in northern Afghanistan.