The Dusty Bookcase

Shackles Madge Macbeth New York: Waterson, 1927 282 pages The first three pages of Shackles  take the form of a letter written by the author...

The Magpie Douglas Durkin Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974 351 pages Craig Forrester has received a telephone call from Mrs Gilber...

In my twenties, the 'twenties – by which I mean the 1920s – seemed the height of art, film, decadence, glamour, and romance. I'm not...