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Dec 2, 20171 min read
554. Graham Greene - A Burnt Out Case
Read this about a year ago with little comprehension. So the plot is: Querry, a successful and celebrity architect turns up in a Catholic...
Dec 21, 20161 min read
454. Henning Mankell - Kennedy's Brain
The book referred to above. I think it is brilliant, but, as I thought before when I first read it, the conclusion left me baffled (or...
Oct 1, 20151 min read
341. William Boyd - A Good Man In Africa
I am sure I read this about 2 years ago and hated it. This time round it was very good, maybe in contrast to the excess Kate Atkinson in...
Nov 23, 20141 min read
264. Graham Greene - The Heart Of The Matter
Aeroplane reading en route to Copenhagen. I had thought this was my favourite Greene, but was disappointed this time round. I understood...
Apr 23, 20141 min read
201. William Boyd - A Good Man In Africa
I didn’t enjoy this as much as | expected, having read it years ago and knowing roughly what to expect (comic British colonial in,...
Oct 10, 20131 min read
154. Graham Greene - A Burnt-out Case
This is a very strange book. It is about a successful Western Architect who appears to have had enough of everything and gives it all up...
Nov 18, 20121 min read
57. William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach
Had read this before, but having enjoyed Boyd recently, thought I would give it another try. It is readable, but one of those books I...
Jun 13, 20121 min read
18. Henning Mankell - The Fifth Women
This is a very strange book; I had read it before. The difficulty I have is that the 'who done it side' is all about motive, which is...