



From top: Ryan Gosling in Drive; Brad Pitt in Moneyball; Michael Fassbender in A Dangerous Method; Gary Oldman in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Henry Hopper in Restless
Politics, Pop, Books, Movies
“Is there anyone now writing about movies better than Tom Shone? I think not” — John Heilemann, New York magazine
“Shone is admired on both sides of the Atlantic as a writer with a deep love of the movies and one of the sharpest voices in arts journalism” — Tim de Lisle, Intelligent Life
"Compelling, witty. authoritative and very, very smart" — Nick Hornby
"The world's finest film critic"— The Toronto Star
“The film book of the year.... enthralling... groundbreaking.” — The Daily Telegraph
"A sweet and savvy page-turner of a valentine to New York, the strange world of fiction, the pleasures of a tall, full glass and just about everything else that matters" — Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story and Absurdistan
"A cocktail with bite. I downed it in one" — Helen Fielding, author of Bridget Jones's Diary
"A deft, witty satire which casts its sharp eye over the absurdities of addiction, recovery and contemporary New York" — Marcel Theroux, author of Far North
“Laugh-out-loud funny” — Toby Young, author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
"Tom Shone's superb debut is a wise and witty examination of literary celebrity, Anglo-American mystification and the cult of recovery. Shone's prose sparkles: his humor detonates smart-bombs of truth" — Stephen Amidon, author of Human Capital
“A cutting comic debut” — The Sunday Times
“Clever, witty, acerbic, warm” — Geoff Nicholson, author of Footsucker
"A sharp, funny, and ultimately touching debut novel" — Library Journal Reviews
"One of the few novels set in Manhattan that gives you a true feel for the city” — James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
"A splash of cynicism, a dash of self-doubt, and a good measure of humour.... In the Rooms is an entertaining page-turner about humanity, with plenty of hilarity" — The Economist
These look really great...
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's me, but nothing's been tickling my fancy lately.
Of these I have only seen Drive, which is very good, a little over-violent but with a Michael-Mannish eighties-retro sugar rush that is quite something. The rest are some of the films I'm most curious about.
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