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May 9, 20231 min read
1064. Patrick Radden - Keefe Say Nothing
Hard work, but good. Subtitled ‘A true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland’, this is a very selective history of the troubles...
Dec 24, 20221 min read
1037. James Shapiro - 1599
This is not the sort of book I would normally read. The title is misleading, it is not biographical at all, but a year of events and...
Nov 20, 20221 min read
1030. Lucy Worsley - Agatha Christie
I really enjoyed her book about Jane Austen, but found this a bit dull. Having no interest in Agatha Christie or her books probably...
Nov 16, 20221 min read
1029. William Boyd - Any Human Heart
I have read this before; it is very good. A journey through the 20th century, centred on Logan Mountstuart, a half English/half Uruguayan...
Oct 26, 20221 min read
1024. Samantha Ellis - Take Courage
Subtitled ‘Anne Brontë and the Art of Life’, this is very good. Effectively an impressionistic biography of the Brontë family (who all...
Mar 14, 20221 min read
956. Judith Hunter - The Story Of Slough
A bit of local history, for a change. Not a brilliant or particularly well written, book, but I didn’t really know that Slough in an...
Feb 4, 20221 min read
941. David Mitchell - Utopia Avenue
Never heard of the author, although he has written a lot and this was very good. About the fictional mid 1960’s rock band, covering their...
Jan 28, 20221 min read
940. Robert Harris - V2
Quite a well known author, but I am not sure I have read much (if any) before. This is a bit of historical fiction, about the V2 rocket...
Sep 26, 20211 min read
898. Philip Kerr - Prussian Blue
I think I may have read one of his before – a trilogy called 'Berlin Noir', many years ago. This was long and ponderous at times, but a...
Dec 19, 20121 min read
64. James Robertson - And The Land Lay Still
This was long and difficult. Much of it was excellent, although I found the lengthy middle section, narrated by a very alcoholic and...