James Ellroy on Dashiell Hammett: Hammett's male-speak is the gab of the grift, the scam, the dime hustle. It's the poke, the probe, the veiled query, the grab for advantage.…
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Hollis James is Editor-in-Chief of Celebrity Skin magazine but that's not why I offer you this quote: fRINGE Underground was started by me and a friend because we felt that…
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It's the school holidays: that time of the year when this reviewer obviously has to atone for the sins of a previous life by sitting through the candy-coated commercialised detritus…
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When your correspondent was a nipper back in the early 80s, two of the most prized pirate videos available were the legendary Porky's and something called Lemon Popsicle - two…
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New York Times book reviewer Janet Maslin seems to think that Lloyd Jones has invented the island of Bougainville for his Booker Prize short-listed novel Mr Pip: The children of…
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While most of New Zealand's attention is on France I will also be keeping an eye on South Africa and the first World Twenty20 (or is that 20Twenty?) Championship. It's…
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