Never Let Me Go
Perhaps a society truly becomes lost when it doesn't know how lost it is. This is the eerie suggestion put forward by Never Let Me Go,…
Fictional Absence
In Fictional Absence, Pete Lowman considers the presence and absence of God in English literature. It has been slightly revised for…
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, set in the author’s homeland Afghanistan, became a Hollywood blockbuster…
Philip Pullman’s 'His Dark Materials'
To my mind, one of the main interests of Philip Pullman’s controversial trilogy is not specifically related to the books. It lies in…
Having Some Faith in the Grey Matter
A review of Ian McEwan's Saturday.
The Golden Compass
A review of the film of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass.
God Explained in a Taxi Ride
A review of the book God Explained in a Taxi Ride.
Dan Brown: Looking Behind the Code
Get to the truth behind Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code.
The Loss of God in the Novel
English literary history is a curious thing. And one especially curious thing about it is that it contains very little of importance which…