BOOKS

British novelist of mega-bonkbuster says she listened to the group's single Sexy while writing her book.

A book review by Jason Beerman in Saturday, 01 September 2012's Toronto Star, reminds me that Communism in theory and practice can be miles apart. The Zenith now translated into English, is a book describing a fictionalized account of the life of Ho Chi Minh by celebrated Vietnamese authoress Duong Thu Huong. Celebrated that is outside Vietnam where, for the most part, Thu Huong and her works do not meet the Government's approval and she now lives in exile in Paris.

Fiction writers including Ian Rankin and Lee Child say many peers are using 'devious' tactics to promote their work.

Late author of Farenheit 451 drew attention because of a perceived criticism of US government.