There are some genuinely entertaining moments in this homage to advertising's "golden age", no question. The odd bit of craziness, too, though nothing particularly lewd, salacious or revealing.
Carl Nixon's first two books signalled a writer worth watching. His new work, Settlers' Creek, is a Pandora's box.
How much you'll enjoy this novel from American actor and comedian Steve Martin will depend on how engaged you are with recent art history.
Unfinished business is the theme of the new novel from best-selling author Kim Edwards.
Peter Simpson reviews three new books about NZ artists.
One of New Zealand's best-loved chefs has updated some of our favourite recipes with a healthy twist.
Books can help explain the challenge of transitions, says Margie Elley-Brown
A great parenting debate is about to be reopened as authors publish books with clashing prescriptions. But will parents be any the wiser?
If you're fascinated by the extraordinary creativity of the ancient Greeks, who 2500 years ago laid the foundations of Western civilisation, then this is the perfect book to take on a pilgrimage to modern Greece.
I picked up this book based on the cover recommendation by travelling gastronome Anthony Bourdain...
A frighteningly plausible story breathes life back into the psychological thriller genre.
New Zealand-Born Dr Stephanie Dowrick's books include Forgiveness & Other Acts of Love, Choosing Happiness, In the Company of Rilke, and her most recent one, Seeking the Sacred.
An English couple who now call New Zealand home present a grown-up jelly with a berry and rosé twist.
Books editor Linda Herrick checks out what's cooking in the international market.
In The Black Swan Nassim Taleb describes a black swan as a significant unexpected random event that has a large impact. The question is, how do we best position ourselves to benefit from or minimise the negatives of such events?
In 2005, Micki McGee, a lecturer in sociology at Fordham University, New York, published Self-Help, Inc: Makeover Culture in American Life.
An enterprising Australian seller is hoping to reap a huge windfall from a set of books by NZ author Witi Ihimaera.
First a confession. I don't really like sports biographies. I just couldn't care when a sportsperson first kissed a girl, burned themselves with matches or hit their first six playing for the school 3rd XI.
One of the quirkier lists ranks the top 10 vampire-spotting locales around the world.
Gordon Ramsay might be dropping an f-word or two after he topped a US doctors' list of the worst cookbooks of the year.
Kerri Jackson dons her imaginary apron and picks out the best cookbooks for Christmas.
Aidan is a thirty-something professional blogger, living a low-rent version of the high-life in post-9/11 New York. His relationship with his journalist girlfriend, Cressida, is strained; he's stuck in a bit of a rut.
Alas, this this is the second-to-last novel from the Portuguese Nobel Prize winner from whom I have gained so much enjoyment and stimulus over the past few years.