Confession time: I’d never read any John LeCarré until after I’d seen the 2011 film of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It’s a brilliant movie, and one that sent me scuttling to read the Karla trilogy and then watch the two excellent Alec Guinness adaptations. After devouring the first two episodes of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, I can think of no higher compliment than to say that I’m bulk-buying the book series it was adapted from in short order.Slow Horses is an adaptation of Mick Herron’s series of Slough House novels, featuring a group of British spies trapped in administrative purgatory. MI5 agents who have committed high-profile mistakes but know far too much to be fired are dumped in the dingy Slough House. There, they are given harmless busywork too demeaning for real spies to undertake, all the while being tormented and demeaned by division chief Jackson Lamb, played by Gary Oldman.It’s this world that former superstar spy River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) is thrust into after his own notorious error while out in the field. There, he’s given jobs like searching a dodgy journalist’s trash can and acting as a courier between offices. It’s hardly a spoiler to suggest that Cartwright’s arrival triggers something of a major case for the rejects to handle, which has mostly kicked off by the time the second episode finishes.What Slow Horses has to offer, beyond the enjoyment of a modern-day thriller done right, is a sense of pulpy fun. A sequence in the second episode I can’t spoil... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2022-04-07 16:00:47 UTC ]
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Apple's latest Watch Series 4 has enough power to free you from your phone, but apart from music, there aren't a ton of entertainment options. Now, Audible's audiobook app has come to the watchOS 5, letting you listen to books directly from your wris... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV rights in Heather Morris’ bestselling novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz have been snapped up by Synchronicity Films for a multi-part, high-end international drama series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian children’s book publisher Kids Can Press will see two of its book properties transformed into television shows next fall: Ashley Spires’ graphic novels about Binky the Space Cat and a picture-book series by Geneviève Côté. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @porter_anderson... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended September 9, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat is trying something new: It's giving publishers a way to create videos without too much heavy lifting.On Thursday, Snapchat announced that its dozens of media partners, including Hearst, NBCUniversal, Refinery 29 and Daily Mail, will have the ability to build stories from the videos... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British author John Gray criticizes the modern atheist movement for replacing God with human beings and puts forward his view of what a true atheist ought to be in his new book, ‘Seven Types of Atheism.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are many more objectionable things about Boris Johnson than his alleged affair. But the media focus on this ‘feisty’, ‘party-loving’ woman is relentlessThere is a well-established and strictly obeyed format for writing about a women who is alleged to have had an affair with a powerful man,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Affected booksellers attributed some of the recovery to loyal customers and community support, but they also cited the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc)’s key role. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK production company Lime Pictures has optioned Emily Morris’ memoir My Shitty Twenties (Salt) for TV. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended September 2, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize Foundation has launched an online celebration for the Man Booker Prize’s 50th anniversary, charting key moments in the prize’s history. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The paperback edition of Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt (Picador) has bounded painlessly into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, after spending seven weeks among the top three. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new heads of GLIBA, MPIBA, and NEIBA are changing things up to build community among booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended August 19, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended August 26, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicole Kidman and the team behind “Big Little Lies” are helping to adapt Cecelia Ahern’s upcoming short story collection into a TV show. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s author Malorie Blackman is one of the writers working on the new television series of Doctor Who, the BBC has revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the Washington Nationals conducted a fire sale of veteran players, sending second baseman Daniel Murphy to the Cubs and first baseman Matt Adams to the Cardinals, the Dodgers put in a claim to to acquire the biggest star on Washington’s roster: Bryce Harper. “I think we claimed him,” manager... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winners of the Hugo Awards, considered some of the most prestigious science fiction and fantasy literary prizes, were announced on Sunday, with science fiction author N.K. Jemisin making history as the first writer ever to win the best novel award three years in a row. Jemisin won the prize... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended August 12, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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