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Oct 21, 20231 min read
1099. John Grisham - The Firm
A birthday present from D. I read this years ago when it first came out (pub 1989). It is very much an 80’s book about greed rampant...
Jun 18, 20151 min read
316. Émile Zola - The Kill
This is no.2 in the series and is quite extraordinary. Aristide, an ineffectual and vacillating son of Pierre in no.315 above, has moved...
Aug 17, 20141 min read
235. Joseph Conrad - Nostromo
Not sure what pointed me in this direction; maybe a surfeit of detective novels. I had read this may years before (bought my copy in...
Dec 30, 20131 min read
172. Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Idiot
This was a challenge; I can’t say I enjoyed it at all. Seemed to be very unstructured and unfocussed; I couldn’t work up any enthusiasm...