Remembering Johnny Rivers
The internet has made a big difference to many people’s lives. You now have a place to publish your loony theory that only you are interested in. There’s a place … Continue reading
Identifying Joseph Davis
In an earlier essay here I have talked about William Davis, a once famous exile from Ireland to Australia during the rebellion of 1798, known to posterity as the Wexford … Continue reading
The Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Simenon Omnibuses
The Eighth Omnibus Maigret and the Flea was first published as Maigret et l’indicateur in 1971. It was translated into English by Lyn Moir. A routine Maigret. As usual, there … Continue reading
The Pikemaker’s Orphans
This essay is a footnote to an earlier one about William Davis, known to historians of Australia’s colonial era as “The Wexford Pikemaker”. The name came about because Davis was … Continue reading
Assessing Georges Simenon
There seem to be three ways at least of assessing the achievement of Georges Simenon. I like many of his books and find myself getting confused in going from one … Continue reading
Friends at Parramatta
For many years I have been exploring the history of my family. I grew up without a family, and never had a legacy of stories, photos or letters that many … Continue reading
The Simenon case
The book I’m reading now is Simenon, a Critical Biography, by Stanley G Eskin, (McFarland and Co. Jefferson NC, USA 1987), and this is the reaction I have to what … Continue reading
