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963. Daphne Du Maurier - Jamaica Inn
This is quite good. Published in 1936, it is set in Cornwall/Devon sometime I think in Victorian England. Weirdly coincidental to read...
Apr 4, 20221 min read


911. David Palin - This Changed Everthing
Definitely worth another read. A complex and at times bewildering thriller, which is difficult to do justice to without revealing the...
Oct 25, 20211 min read


635. Patrick Gale - A Perfectly Good Man
Planned to read this before we went to Croatia, at which point my kindle rejected the card. No pun intended, since it is primarily about...
Oct 29, 20181 min read


621. Patrick Gale - Notes From An Exhibition
Re-read this on the plane and on arrival in Dubrovnik. One of my favourite books ever; I love the way he introduces the characters...
Sep 12, 20181 min read


549. Helen Dunmore - Zennor In Darkness
I loved this; she said she likes to write about people on the periphery of major events so here we have a WW1 novel set in Zennor, just...
Nov 11, 20171 min read


548. Patrick Gale - Rough Music
Tried to read this (I think again) in the summer but without success. I don’t know what the name changes of the son and daughter are...
Nov 7, 20171 min read


328. Patrick Gale - Rough Music
This is another good book, but nothing like as good as no.327. It may be quite autobiographical (at least in its settings) and lacks the...
Aug 13, 20151 min read


292. Rick Stein - Under A Mackerel Sky
Autobiography of the well known chef and restaurateur. I liked the guy more before reading this than after. A fairly spoiled and...
Apr 2, 20151 min read