Shakespeare chose an intriguing title for this tense, complex and distressing story of a South American country assumed to be Peru in the 1980's and 90's. Although Colonel Rejas is focused on capturing the guerilla leader, Ezequiel, the author names the tale THE DANCER UPSTAIRS for a ballet teach...
“In Tasmania” by Nicholas Shakespeare is an enjoyable blend of remembrances, anecdotes, and history. The stories are split into four sections, each one tackling a different aspect of the history of Tasmania, and each with wonderful supporting personal stories which take us along on the journey o...
Torn by tragedy from his early life on a remote farm in Tasmania, Alex Dove has returned years later to start over. A chance encounter with quiet, alluring Merridy Bowman—a young woman similarly haunted by a tangled and catastrophic history—results in marriage, as two damaged souls unite to build...
On that morning, 11 March, she had caught the train from Victoria. She bought a newspaper, then stumbled – no hat on, gripping an ochre suitcase – along the platform and into the carriage, upholstered corner seat, with a book. Under a grey lamb coat, a gift from her mother on her twentieth birthd...
—Cyril Connolly, Sotheby’s Yearbook, 1960–1 A LITTLE AFTER 9.30 P.M. ON 15 OCTOBER 1958, SOTHEBY’S NEW chairman Peter Wilson raised his gavel to auction seven Impressionist masterpieces. He had staked his career on this moment, the culmination of two years of intense negotiation with the estate o...
the voice said with something almost like fury. “No, no. It’s personal.” “I already have a nice satellite dish, thank you.” “I’m looking for a relative, a young woman you might have known.” “Who gave you my number?” “The tourist office.” “What’s your relative’s name?” “Her name is Snowleg.” “You ...