He named his six best books for the Daily Express. One novel on the list:
Cold MountainRead about the other five books on Winkler's list.
by Charles Frazier
Thrillers might be my great love but I was blown away by this moving historical novel about a wounded deserter in the Confederate Army who walks for months in a bid to track down the great love of his life. The film’s good but the book’s even better.
Cold Mountain also appears on Tunku Varadarajan's five best list of the most delectable combinations of fiction and food.
--Marshal Zeringue