
December 2016, no. 387
Books of the Year 2016
Reviewed by Sheila Fitzpatrick et al.
The Boy Behind the Curtain by Tim Winton
Reviewed by Peter Craven
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Reviewed by James McNamara
Letter to Pessoa & Other Short Fictions by Michelle Cahill
Reviewed by Fiona Hile
Hydra as intimate theatre by Paul Genoni
Reviewed by Paul Genoni
2016 Publisher Picks
Reviewed by Ben Ball et al.
The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble
Reviewed by Jane Sullivan
The Fiction of Thea Astley by Susan Sheridan
Reviewed by Kerryn Goldsworthy
Press Escape by Shaun Carney
Reviewed by Michael McGirr
Songs of a War Boy: My story by Deng Thiak Adut and Ben McKelvey
Reviewed by Dilan Gunawardana
ISIS: A history by Fawaz A. Gerges
Reviewed by Colin Wight
The Holy Roman Empire: a thousand years of Europe’s history by Peter H. Wilson
Reviewed by Christopher Allen
Crusoe’s Island: rich and curious history of pirates, castaways and madness by Andrew Lambert
Reviewed by Danielle Clode
A Tear in the Soul by Amanda Webster
Reviewed by Rachel Robertson
'Deep Knowledge' by Caitlin Maling
Reviewed by Caitlin Maling
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Reviewed by Kevin Rabalais
Inexperience and other stories by Anthony Macris
Reviewed by Chris Flynn
Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta
Reviewed by Agnes Nieuwenhuizen
The Winterlings by Cristina Sánchez-Andrade, translated by Samuel Rutter
Reviewed by Gabriel García Ochoa
The Joyce Girl by Annabel Abbs
Reviewed by Ann-Marie Priest
Quicksilver by Nicolas Rothwell
Reviewed by Andrew Fuhrmann
Latin American Cinema: A Comparative History by Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez
Reviewed by Sarah McDonald
Franz Liszt: Musician, celebrity, superstar by Oliver Hilmes, translated by Stewart Spencer
Reviewed by David Larkin
Fair Game: The incredible untold story of Scientology in Australia by Steve Cannane
Reviewed by Fiona Gruber
The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver
Reviewed by Bruce Moore
Ivan Pavlov: A Russian life in science by Daniel P. Todes
Reviewed by Nick Haslam
The Best Australian Science Writing 2016 edited by Jo Chandler
Reviewed by Ian Gibbins
The Day the Music Died: A life lived behind the lens by Tony Garnett
Reviewed by Michael Shmith
The Life of D.H. Lawrence by Andrew Harrison
Reviewed by Shannon Burns
Comfort Food by Ellen van Neerven
Reviewed by Nathanael Pree
An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope, edited by Tom Jones
Reviewed by Robert Phiddian
Stroke of Genius: Victor Trumper and the shot that changed cricket by Gideon Haigh
Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
Reviewed by Margaret Robson Kett
Letters to the Editor - December 2016
Reviewed by Hidden Author