When I started making this list, I had more than 40 books scrawled on a piece of paper. Getting it down to 20 books was difficult. Whittling it down to 10 was excruciating. I could actually feel it in my gut each time I crossed one out. Fact is, this list would probably be slightly different … Continue reading The Best Books of 2019
Category: Hobson, Ben
Review: Snake Island by Ben Hobson
When Vernon Moore learns his son Caleb — in gaol for assaulting his wife, and abandoned by his parents as a result — is being regularly brutalised by Brendan Cahill, he decides to intervene and negotiate a truce with Brendan's father. But Vernon's decision to approach Ernie Cahill, the head of Newbury's drug-dealing operation, sets … Continue reading Review: Snake Island by Ben Hobson
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