Tommy's Honour is a book I did not expect to receive, did not think I would like and had no enthusiasm to pick up and dip into. I was so cool about it that it arrived in midsummer and I didn't give it a second glance until I heard that it had been put on the shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. My reservations about it were based on the...
Final short story from News fiction contest
Buffalo News
Buffalo News
"The Mighty Niagara" ends the series of short stories posted on Buffalonews.com. Like the nine previous stories entered in the...
Fiction fools biographer of Louis
BBC News
BBC News
A new biography of a mistress of France's King Louis XIV has been withdrawn after it was revealed a major source for it was a work of fiction. The publishers say the book about Madame de Maintenon by Veronica Buckley...
James Frey's 'first' fiction
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
When James Frey imploded as a memoirist in 2006, many said his "A Million Little Pieces" should have been -- and perhaps initially was -- presented as a novel, and that Frey -- a sometimes screenwriter -- was,...
Fiction review: Reporter's life in 'Descent'
San Fransisco Chronicle
San Fransisco Chronicle
We Are Now Beginning Our Descent By James Meek Canongate; 295 pages; $24 The British writer James Meek showed himself to be a skilled historical novelist in his critically successful novel from two years ago, "The...
As good as fiction
The Star
The Star
starmag-feedback@thestar.com.my You've read their books and now here's your chance to have say in deciding who among the top local authors deserves to be feted as the best of the best. SPINNING a yarn is laudable but so...
Weekly Poll Results - What's your favourite form of fiction?
Call of Duty Files
Call of Duty Files
What's your favourite form of fiction? I prefer reality 30.7% (147) Sci-Fi 23.2% (111) I like them combined / more than one of the above 21.1% (101) Alternate reality 11.2% (54) Fantasy 10.6% (51) Other 2.9% (14) Total:...
'Independent' Foreign Fiction Prize won by Belgian scientist
The Independent
The Independent
This year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the UK's leading award for contemporary literature in translation, has been won by the Belgian-born scientist and novelist Paul Verhaeghen for his novel Omega Minor. The...
Best sellers: fiction
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
HARDCOVER FICTION LAST WEEK1. The Whole Truth by David Baldacci (Grand Central, $26.99): A global thriller involving a huge defense contractor, a secret multinational intelligence agency and the threat of...


