by Jim Algie | Oct 22, 2026 | Blog, Book Reviews, Press
STOP PRESS Dave Kendall, the former creator and host of the MTV alternative rock show, “120 Minutes,” has passed away at the age of 63 in Bali. No official cause of death has been given. His legacy as a pioneering VJ, who first aired the video for...
by Jim Algie | Oct 6, 2026 | Blog, Book Reviews
In The Case of the Two-Faced Killer, Mithran Somasundrum avoids all the seamy Bangkok cliches and the usual Thai stereotypes to draw blood from classic archetypes of the mystery genre mixed with contemporary settings and some blasts of Cambodian history. Despite the...
by Jim Algie | May 27, 2026 | Blog, Book Reviews, Features, My Writings, Personalities, Profiles
Editors are the goalkeepers of the publishing world, saving many a writer from making heinous mistakes, or unclogging the constipated flow of a story, but they get little attention from readers and a whole lotta flak from writers. Paul Dorsey was not only a veteran...
by Jim Algie | Apr 23, 2026 | Blog, Book Reviews
Many Thailand expats leave the the country only to return later. Retired author and former Youtuber Steve Rosse is one of them. His series of autobiographical pieces, Leaving Thailand, elaborates on the kingdom´s many allures and the challenges of living there. It...
by Jim Algie | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews
The Trial by Franz Kafka is one of those books that continues to bewilder many readers even a century after it was written. As a student and critic of existential lit and philosophy, Jim Algie makes a case for the novel’s ongoing relevance. Among the dwindling...
by Jim Algie | May 26, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, My Reviews, Personalities
Upon the passing of the noteworthy author, Martin Amis, Jim Algie recalls his favourite novel by him, Time’s Arrow, which unfolds in reverse and leads back to the Nazi death camps. That period also inspired a more recent novel called “The Zone of...
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