Category Archives: Sofi Oksanen

Books of the Month – November 2011

Posted on December 4, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

Y.A. Erskine’s The Brotherhood was November’s best read for me. It is a debut novel from an Australian female author (the Y is for Yvette) about the shooting of a Tasmanian policeman and is a truly outstanding novel. It unfolds … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrea Camilleri, books of the month, Jane Casey, John M Green (Aus), Kate Charles, Kerry Greenwood (Aus), list, Mari Jungstedt, Megan Abbott, Shamini Flint, Sofi Oksanen, Y A Erskine (Aus) | 5 Comments

Review: Purge by Sofi Oksanen

Posted on November 27, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

Aliide is an elderly widow living in an isolated house in a half-deserted Estonian village in the early 1990’s. One day she finds a young girl collapsed outside her house and, against her better judgement (who might be watching and who … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Eastern European Challenge, book review, Estonia, Sofi Oksanen | 5 Comments