F.E. Beyer's Blog, page 5
August 19, 2022
Delivery
They sent me to Wellington for training. Two nights in a hotel room with Sky TV and meals paid for. What else could I have wanted? After a good night���s sleep, I reported to the depot. The muscular Norm waved at me from the other end of the aeroplane-hangar space. Norm was staying in the …
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Sulphur Lake, Chapter 1
They sent me to Wellington for training. Two nights in a hotel room with Sky TV and meals paid for. What else could I have wanted? After a good night’s sleep, I reported to the depot. The muscular Norm waved at me from the other end of the aeroplane-hangar space. Norm was staying in the …
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June 7, 2022
May 17, 2022
Interview with Radio Qué Onda
I was interviewed by Wellington’s Spanish language radio program Qué Onda. I talked about China, including my time in Wuhan, Argentina, and my book Buenos Aires Triad.
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Interview with Radio Qu�� Onda
I was interviewed by Wellington’s Spanish language radio program Qu�� Onda. I talked about China, including my time in Wuhan, Argentina, and my book Buenos Aires Triad.
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April 27, 2022
Sexual Fascism
In ���Civilization and its Discontents,��� Freud tells us that civilisation necessitates the curbing of the natural expression of the libido, and this repression leads to neurosis. The answer is to redirect the libido into work or artistic expression. For author Isham Cook, the state keeps us in fear of our libido as a mechanism of …
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February 27, 2022
Unwelcome
Unwelcome by Quincy Carroll My rating: 5 of 5 stars In ���Unwelcome��� we follow Cole Chen through his awkward misadventures in California and Changsha, China. The twenty-three-year-old has come back from his second stint in China and is crashing on his brother���s couch. Our introduction to Cole is through the eyes of his more successful …
January 27, 2022
8 great self-published/small press books I reviewed in 2021
Links go to my GoodReads reviews. Magical Disinformation: A spy novel set in Colombia. Shades of Graham Greene. Law of the Jungle: Medical research and revenge in the jungles of Venezuela and Colombia. Crimechurch: Psychos and troubled teens in NZ’s earthquake-hit city. Teacher, We Girls!: The experience of being a woman from New Zealand teaching in …
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January 25, 2022
Conquerors
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire by Roger Crowley My rating: 4 of 5 stars As Roger Crowley explains in […]
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January 24, 2022
White Faced Lies
White Faced Lies by Eric Flanagan My rating: 3 of 5 stars An interesting project. ‘White Faced Lies’ follows the journey of […]
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