Three Monkeys Online

A Curious, Alternative Magazine

Ljubljana

  • The Power and the Glory – David Yallop

    David Yallop’s book on the pontificate of John Paul II is subtitled ‘Inside the dark heart of John Paul II’s Vatican’.

  • Our Age by Noel Annan

    Michael Klimes reviews Noel Annan’s classic depiction of post-war Britain, Our Age, a book sadly now out-of-print but well worth tracking down if you’re interested in the end of empire, the rise of Thatcherism, and the evolution of New Labour.

  • Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing

    Adam Smith in Beijing by Giovanni Arrighi

    The late Giovanni Arrighi, a Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University, compares western capitalism and the ‘industrious revolution’ of China – providing a useful insight into the history of world’s most populated country in the process.

  • Once Upon a Time in England by Helen Walsh

    The story of a mixed-race family searching for identity in Northern England, told with spirit and skill by award-winning novelist Helen Walsh.

  • The Curtain – an essay in seven parts by Milan Kundera

    Milan Kundera’s ‘The Curtain’ is a collection of essays exploring the history and art of the novel, which reads very much like a Milan Kundera novel.

  • You don’t love me yet – Jonathan Lethem

    Jonathan Lethem follows up his acclaimed novel the Fortress of Solitude with an unexpected rock n’roll love story. A story which carries weighty themes under its scarce frame.

  • Lion’s Honey: The Myth of Samson by David Grossman

    Prize winning Israeli novelist and author gets to grips with the story of Samson, as part of the ongoing Myths series.

  • The Tesseract by Alex Garland

    Deeply impressive, though overshadowed, second novel by Alex Garland, author of The Beach. A thriller, set in Manila, that mixes atomic philosophy with street kids and gangsters.

  • The Angel of History by Bruno Arpaia

    An award-winning reimagining of Walter Benjamin’s final days during World War II, by Italian author Bruno Arpaia