Coming up on Vulpes Libris:

We’ve got an endearingly weird pick ‘n’ mix selection coming up this week, with a nice bit of culture clash, a double dose of Castro, a dash of P G Wodehouse followed by some World War II partisans and all rounded off with a sex manual. Honestly. Who says we don’t plan this stuff? Monday [...]

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Interview with a Fox: Kirsty

As any regular visitors here will know, Kirsty’s specialist subject is Leon Trotsky.  Moira thought she’d have a poke around when no-one was looking and see if she could find out what else was lurking inside the brain of the Book Fox affectionately known as ‘Comrade K’ … M:  How did you end up as [...]

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The Trophy Girl, by Kate Lace (with a giveaway)

We have one free copy of The Trophy Girl to give away to some lucky reader!  If you’d like to enter the draw, please go beep beep in the comments. Of the new books I read in 2008, The Trophy Girl stands out as a surprise discovery.  I have to admit that given the premise [...]

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Architect and Engineer: A Study in Sibling Rivalry, by Andrew Saint

Article by Michael Carley Without engineers nothing would stand up; without architects, we would not want it to. The world we live in is the world engineers have made;  the world we see is the architects’. How could we possibly expect such  people to get along? Yet they do: sometimes well, sometimes grudgingly, sometimes badly. [...]

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Inventing the Victorians by Matthew Sweet

Vulpes Libris is delighted to welcome new guest reviewer Hilary Ely, in the first of what we hope will be many regular appearances here, with a review that serves as  an excellent introduction to her as well as the book! —o— Inspired by a towering irritation at journalists and academics who trot out the discredited [...]

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The Tuesday Alternative: How to Transform Your Life in Approximately 3 minutes and 32 seconds

So it’s 2009. The Christmas glut is over and many of us are turning our thoughts to starting the new year on the right foot with our New Year Resolutions – those pesky easily forgotten pledges of good intentions, whatever they may be: write book, get publisher, get film-deal, win Oscar, become size zero, get [...]

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The Coffee Trader by David Liss

This book is almost a dichotomy. On the one hand, it’s a historical novel of a place very different from today, yet some of the events could have appeared in this morning‘s newspaper. Set in Amsterdam of 1659, it’s a complex story of exiles, money and manipulation. Miguel, a businessman, flees The Inquisition in Portugal [...]

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Coming up on Vulpes Libris

It’s 2009 and Vulpes Libris is back in business!  We’re not even hungover.  I swear. Starting the year the way many start the day, with coffee, Jackie drinks in David Liss’s novel The Coffee Trader on Monday. Rosy’s back with a refreshing dose of humour in The Tuesday Alternative. On Wednesday, guest reviewer Hilary Ely [...]

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