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Plotting outside the rules, Kim Worthington
The Bright Side of my Condition Charlotte Randall Penguin, $30.00, ISBN 9780143570660 Charlotte Randall’s many strengths don’t, in general, extend to the provision of compelling plots. Tellingly, in an interview, she states, “I don’t really believe in ‘stories’ ”, and…
Tagged with: Autumn 2014, Charlotte Randall, Issue 105, Kim Worthington, Penguin Books
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Strange rhythms, Ruth Nichol
Hokitika Town Charlotte Randall Penguin Books, $24.95, ISBN 9780143565390 The Hut Builder Laurence Fearnley Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143205067 When I started Charlotte Randall’s Hokitika Town, I found it hard to get my head around the idiosyncratic patois…
Tagged with: Charlotte Randall, Issue 94, Laurence Fearnley, Penguin Books, Ruth Nichol, Winter 2011
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Into the labyrinth, Nicholas Reid
The Crocus Hour Charlotte Randall Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143008927 Whatever criticism you make of Charlotte Randall’s novels, you cannot say that she has no sense of place. In The Crocus Hour, as in her four earlier novels, she ventures…
Tagged with: Charlotte Randall, Issue 83, Nicholas Reid, Penguin Books, Spring 2008
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The unexpected past, Jenny Robin Jones
What Happen Then, Mr Bones? Charlotte Randall Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143019171 With her three previous novels, Dead Sea Fruit, The Curative and Within the Kiss, Charlotte Randall has developed a voice clearly identifiable in New Zealand literature. In What Happen…
Tagged with: Autumn 2004, Charlotte Randall, Issue 65, Jenny Robin Jones, Penguin
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Kissing and telling, Chris Else
Within the Kiss Charlotte Randall Penguin, $27.95, ISBN 0141006382 When I was young and stupid, I used to believe that reading a novel meant that you had to try to understand what the author wanted to say. If the writing…
Tagged with: Charlotte Randall, Chris Else, Issue 55, Penguin, Spring 2001
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Hanging matter, Marion McLeod
The Curative Charlotte Randall Penguin, $24.95, ISBN 0140297537 This is an amazing and amazingly good novel. The second novel is supposed to be the hardest but any reader coming to this one “blind” would judge it to be the work…
Tagged with: Charlotte Randall, December 2000, Issue 46, Marion McLeod, Penguin
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