Category Archives for BOOKS
Meet Mortimer Mouse
Tweet Mortimer Mouse comes from a distinguished family of literary rodents which includes Terence Ratagain and Mousehole Proust. He lives in South-East London with Richard Heller, the distinguished man of letters, and kafkaa, the poetic cockroach, cousin of the famous … Continue reading
A Plea For All Unknown Successors Of P G Wodehouse
Tweet Letter to Four Communications, organizers of the Bollinger Everyman PG Wodehouse Award Thank you for informing me that this year’s P G Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction is not open to self-published books. This letter is a plea for … Continue reading
seasons greetings from kafkaa the poetic cockroach cousin to the famous archy
Tweet twas the night before christmas and in the big house the last creature stirring was mortimer mouse devising some uplifting sentiments new to fill up his masterpiece keep squeaking through the book that will soon be the talk of … Continue reading
My new book: The Prisoner Of Rubato Towers
Tweet Xerus Publishing publishes The Prisoner Of Rubato Towers – Richard Heller’s crazed memories of lockdown life in the plague year. Publication date 21 September Price £6.99 ISBN 978-1-8381654-0-6 Distribution: Vine House Distribution Ltd www.vinehouseuk.co.uk • Nobel Literature prize judges re-convene … Continue reading
White On Green review in the Cricket Society Journal Autumn 2017
Tweet Generous and perceptive analysis by John Symons One year on from the Book-Of-The-Year shortlisted Wounded Tiger: A History Of Cricket In Pakistan, Richard Heller and Peter Oborne return to the topic with a new opus which aims to “celebrate … Continue reading
Luke Upward Discovers A French Spin On Agincourt
Tweet Luke Upward could not stand the Prince de Millecrêpes, first husband of Annie Oldiron, who later married his patron, the affable Marquis de Tarpaulin, and helped him create a “big tent” for writers in their regular Friday salons where she poured … Continue reading
A TALE OF TEN WICKETS (more)
Tweet There were many things which Arthur Fraser used to hate about his job, but the worst of them was the lift. He worked in a tall building called Excelsior House. Both the building and its lifts were shared between … Continue reading
A TALE OF TEN WICKETS is reprinted!
Tweet “It had always seemed unjust to Pat Hobby that his only lasting gift was for playing cricket. In fifteen years he had lost twenty-three writing jobs, four houses, two wives and many weekends, but he had never lost his … Continue reading
Rediscovered Brilliant Review of A TALE OF TEN WICKETS
Tweet A Tale Of Ten Wickets: 1995 Review by Mike Seabrook I found a back number from 1995 of the magazine Cricket Lore, with this generous review by the late Mike Seabrook, himself an author of fine cricket novels. I … Continue reading
British author converts Mitt Romney from Mormonism (shock)
Tweet The event to fit this sensational headline has not yet occurred, But here is the text of a letter I sent to Mitt Romney to coincide with the publication of my pamphlet Hi! My Name’s Richard And I … Continue reading
