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Apr 3, 20221 min read
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...
Oct 24, 20211 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 29, 20181 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...
Sep 11, 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...
Nov 11, 20171 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 7, 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...
Aug 12, 20151 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...
Apr 1, 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...