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Saturday, 26 October 2019
Good story, disappointing book
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What makes a good book? There are as many answers to this question as there are readers. And this reader's requirements weren't met...
An alternative history of World War II
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The Man in the High Castle poses an alternative history in which Japan and Germany were the victors of WW2, but don't be fooled by the...
A dislikable protagonist is no barrier to a good book
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I would never be gratuitously mean or violent, [-] but then nor would I ever put up with anybody or any situation that made life unbearable...
Sunday, 20 October 2019
To do evil that good might come
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A ferry makes a foggy approach to the Port of Dover in the atmospheric opening of The Confidential Agent . Graham Greene's description...
Monday, 14 October 2019
Be true to yourself
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Their Eyes Were Watching God is set in the southern USA when ex-slaves were still alive, and it's about the tribulations of a black wo...
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Coming of age at the end of the world
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By the end of the first page of John Lanchester's book, you know that the eponymous Wall is cold. So one could be forgiven for finding ...
Friday, 4 October 2019
It's not about the mystery
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What happened to Rebecca Shaw? At the opening of Reservoir 13 , a group is waiting to set out in search of the missing teenage girl, and we...
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