Crime writing and food is a classic combo It is well-known that detectives have healthy appetites. Of course, this is particularly true amongst European detectives, from Hercule Poirot and Inspector Maigret to Salvo Montalbano and Pepe Carvalho. But Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, or Philip Marlow, to name a few, are also connoisseurs of fine food.…
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Nineteen sixty-nine was a tumultuous year It was the year I started to learn how to rebel. As a teenager in Perth, the most isolated city in the world, news arrived days or weeks later than for the rest of the world. The Vietnam War was the most pressing for me because I was only a…
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After Douglas Adams destroyed Earth for a hyperspace bypass, he allowed Arthur Dent a few hometown memories The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy takes us to far away places following the destruction of planet Earth by the Vogons. Places that leave Arthur Dent all at sea as he adjusts to being the last remaining human in…
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