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Sep 29, 20141 min read
250. Martin Amis - The Zone Of Interest
Haven’t read any Martin Amis for yonks. This is a difficult book set in or around a concentration camp (although there aren’t many...
Sep 25, 20141 min read
249. Nick Davies - Hack Attack
This is the book by the Guardian journalist about the phone hacking at the News of the World. It is also (as part and parcel of the...
Aug 9, 20141 min read
233. Sebastian Faulks - The Girl At The Lion d'Or
Beautifully written, really quite a simple love story, except not really. A compressed version of 'Birdsong', I had forgotten how much of...
Jun 12, 20141 min read
219. Robert Musil - The Confessions Of Young Torless
Couldn’t get ‘The Man Without Qualities’ on a Kindle so this as a substitute. Typical German early 20th century expressionist (is this...
Mar 16, 20141 min read
188. Honoré de Balzac - A Harlot High And Low
This is a long and at times difficult book — quite different from no.187 in its breadth and a huge range of characters. Very difficult at...
Nov 23, 20131 min read
165. William Boyd - Waiting For Sunrise
Wonderful! Boyd is fast becoming my favourite modern English novelist. I have read this before (don’t know whether an earlier reading is...
Sep 30, 20131 min read
149. George Orwell - Homage To Catalonia
Thought I would read this in view of our impending trip to Barcelona. It is very flat and factual; you get no real idea why he went there...
Sep 25, 20131 min read
147. Philip Kerr - A Man Without Breath
I have read a trilogy, I think called 'Berlin Noir' before, without really enjoying it. l am not sure that I enjoyed this a lot either-...
Jun 23, 20131 min read
122. Anthony Burgess - Earthly Powers
Wow, probably the read of the year. This is a huge book and possibly very underrated. The central character, whose name I forget, is a...
Jun 23, 20131 min read
122. Anthony Burgess - Earthly Powers
Wow, probably the read of the year. This is a huge book and possibly very underrated. The central character, whose name I forget, is a...
Dec 26, 20121 min read
67. Sebastian Faulks - A Possible Life
Described as a novel, this is really five short stories, with obscure (if at all) thematic interlinkings. The best was the last one, but...