Favelas of the Sun

Nikki Gemmell: Shiver

Do you have a copy of Nikki Gemmell's first book Shiver? Please, may I have it? I am thirsting for it and it doesn't seem to be available in England. I have looked through all the bookshops and places on the web, including out of print and rare — and — nada. Nuffink. Not one. It's not even listed here.

Each week I keep an eye on the best-sellers. I am sure her Bride Stripped Bare is going to make some noise. Fab read. And right naughty stuff!

Ok, one Shiver to me please.

Different sides to the same story

In David Mamet's enjoyable account of how pictures are being made you find a moment where the heart of the matter is divided between what the producer saw and how the lads on set make it work. [Guardian]

Dragon Breath

Peeling back the layers, with each one revealing more detail of the practise behind the art. Bruce Lee manages to bring the big studios of Hollywood and Hong Kong together, him, barely 23, what a charisma.

Bruce Lee

makes a virtue of his “simple” country boy credentials, and the superiority of bare fists and peasant tools over loaded weapons.

What are the simple things, the very essence that makes this possible? The Way of the Dragon [Times]

Anonymous

In The Wife Stripped Bare Nikki Gemmell is exploring the urgency of wifely womanhood. I am only half way, these pages have a magnetic addiction. Even if the there is still a whole chunk of pages to go, I am not looking forward to coming to the end. What then?

In memory of Duchamp's The Wife Stripped Bare, this one is a novel and it is an erotic tease. Written by 'Anonymous' Nikki chose to see it published without her name to give her the greater freedom of exploring a detailed and delightful write. Must read on now. — Secret wives' business

The Author Stripped Bare

Nikki Gemmel wants to hide. The female sex drive is a curious beast. Nikki, she let if loose — and — to do so she closed her eyes in the hope no one would see her. Now all desire flutters to the light, closer to the glare, hovering in the hot flame.

After writing a book with an anonymous nome de plume — it actually is 'Anonymous' — all is confessed. And she has not had sex with her husband once since the publication of the book. The Bride Stripped Bare, Guardian

I am lapping up the pages, in the morning and at night. Must find some time to sleep, and to dream, I think.