Agent Palmer

Michael Chabon’s Wonder Boys is the kind of book you just get lost in. You pick it up and before you know it, half the book’s pages are behind you and you have no idea what time it is.

XPD is a brilliant display of elements from prior books and it’s not a slow build. It’s yet another example of how in Deighton books, characters’ motivations have an impact on the direction of the plot equal to or more so than their actions.

One of Amazon Prime’s newest originals is Undone, a series with beautiful characters, stylish animation and a compelling plot all wrapped up in 8 half-hour episodes for your binging pleasure.

Reflecting “an early 1990s worldview that seems time-expired” Douglas Coupland mixes fact with fiction within the three parts of Polaroids from the Dead to make up what is now, two decades on from its initial release, a thought-provoking time capsule well worth your time.

The third season of Netflix’s breakout serial Stranger Things dropped on July 4th and it was a joy to binge all eight episodes. So, without spoiling it for those who had other things to do here are a few takeaways.