Monthly Archives: July 2019

Rufus Marigold by Ross Murray – 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019 by alysonebaker

Graphic Novels can be beautiful, informative, funny, moving and sad.  Rufus Marigold is all of these.  Rufus Marigold is the alter ego of the author, and he is living with anxiety.  He is depicted as a hybrid man/chimpanzee – successfully … Continue reading →

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Pearly Gates by Owen Marshall – 2019

Posted on July 13, 2019 by alysonebaker

Pearly Gates is a very important man, in his own eyes.  He has been the Mayor of a small north Otago town for some years, and at the beginning of the book he is considering running for a third term.  … Continue reading →

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The Unreliable People by Rosetta Allan – 2019

Posted on July 3, 2019 by alysonebaker

Identity is at the heart of this amazing novel, mainly set in post-perestroika Russia and Kazakhstan.  The Koryo-saram are ethnic Koreans, people Stalin termed The Unreliable People, descendants of those who fled to Vladivostok from Korea, who were then deported … Continue reading →

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