It’s not every day I recommend a book. Unless asked for. “Hey, Gerry, do you know a book that will [x]?”. if I do, I’d answer. But unsolicited ‘recommendations’ is not generally something I do. Today is the exception to “generally”. Let’s talk about “hype”. I don’t like hype. Because nine times out of ten,…
This one is admittedly an obscure one. But not too obscure, allegedly the John Wick movies were based on this work. (It even makes a brief appearance in the first John Wick movie, as well as in Atomic Blonde!) One of these books is the masterpiece called ‘Shibumi’. And a masterpiece it is. Doctor Rodney…
I cannot remember a time I could not read. I was one of those lucky kids who just “understood” these things called letters. My earliest reading memory is of a translated Richard Scarry booklet about an airport. I could not have been more than three or four at the time. When Primary school came along…
