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Peter Staadecker
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It's Here!!
My newest novel, "Naarlen," is now available in paperback, Kindle format and epub (e.g. Kobo and Nook) format.
It's been three years in the making, and I'm delighted with it. It's so new that Goodreads doesn't yet have a cover image, but head on over to Amazon or Kobo and you'll find it.
It's a story of chaos and frustrated lust in the high arctic. It's raucous, rude and laugh-out-loud. If that's yo Read more of this blog post »
It's been three years in the making, and I'm delighted with it. It's so new that Goodreads doesn't yet have a cover image, but head on over to Amazon or Kobo and you'll find it.
It's a story of chaos and frustrated lust in the high arctic. It's raucous, rude and laugh-out-loud. If that's yo Read more of this blog post »
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"I had high hopes for this one, but it's hitting me like a dimestore mystery novel, with prose to match. No thank you. Bailed within the first twenty pages."
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If you are a South African reader or a bit of a history buff this review might be of specific interest to you. If not, it would be sufficient to note that there are many historical inconsistencies which spoils the story badly, but the story o" Read more of this review » |
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Many people love this book, so pardon my seagull act while I let my seagull droppings fall on it from above. Here's the basic plot: A Malaysian woman survives a brutal WWII Japanese slave labour camp. After the war, still in Malaysia, she fall into su ...more |
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"Really beautiful writing but in terms of plotting and actual storytelling? Needs a lot of work. It begins superbly, has an extremely draggy middle and ends very abruptly.
I have actually huge grievance with the world building. As a Malaysian (and I kn" Read more of this review » |
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| Brilliant writing, not much plot though. It's girl meets boy, girl loses boy, boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl ... well if I said more I'd spoil what little plot there is. But it's basically rinse and repeat which perhaps is meant to show how lif ...more | |
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| Hmm. Engaging enough, but my BS alarms kept going off. Can't say whether those are false alarms or not. But, everything in Christopher's life - even things he has little connection to, but writes about anyway - seems to involve blood, guts, death and ...more | |
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| A curate's egg of a book. Parts are charming, and even beautifully written, but then there are parts that are information dumps on hares in history, hares in poetry or literature, hares in superstition, hares around the world etc. and these parts rea ...more | |
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― Hogfather
― Hogfather
“Koan ninety-seven: "Do unto otters as you would have them do unto you." Hmm. No real help there. Besides, he'd occasionally been unsure that he'd written that one down properly, although it certain had worked. He'd always left aquatic mammals well alone, and they had done the same to him.”
― Thief of Time
― Thief of Time
“Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.”
― Scrambles Amongst the Alps
― Scrambles Amongst the Alps
“Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
― High Windows
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.”
― High Windows
“Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always”
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