About Robert
Hello, and thanks for visiting my blog.
I started writing in 1986 in Vienna. One night, my girlfriend was late for a date. While I waited, I had an idea that turned into my first novel. When I lived in Moscow 1992-95, someone told me to “write about what you know”. I wrote a thriller set in early 1990s Russia.
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Latest Articles
John Connolly’s Charlie Parker novels: why you should read them
Meeting John Connolly, author of the “Charlie Parker” novels. Why you should you read them, and where should you start. “They come now, the
The Nameless Ones
Who knew that a conscience could be contagious? – Angel, musing, in The Nameless Ones I received my copy of The Nameless Ones, No. 19
FAKE ACCOUNTS by Lauren Oyler – worth a read
Special thanks to Dave Wingrave for being an essential reader and patient friend, even though I am very annoying. An acknowledgement at the close of Fake Accounts by
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops, by E M Forster, is a brilliant analysis of how humankind is going wrong right now. Forster wrote it in 1909. Here
The Zhivago Affair: how censorship works in Soviet Russia – and now
“How many men are able to go boldly, and uprightly, to the scaffold? Unfortunately, I do not belong to their number” – Sergei Nikiforov, English
Quotations from Orlando: still worth reading?
Quotations from “Orlando” show Virginia Woolf’s classic has not lost its power to shock and entertain, even as its language and content dates. What to
How to get published: introducing my Istanbul thriller PALLADIUM
How to get published: my Istanbul thriller PALLADIUM is a white-knuckle ride to save a city from destruction In 2011 I visited Istanbul. At the
Pleasure Pathways
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