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Jan 28, 20231 min read
1045. Harkan Nesser - The Mind's Eye
There are good books to read in the run up to 31 January, fast-paced detective stories. Like no.1044, this is quite Freudian, featuring...
Dec 13, 20151 min read
361. Justin Cartwright - Lion Heart
I think this guy is good. Hard to summarise this thematically, as there a multiple strands – Richard I’s attempt to recover the Cross...
Nov 12, 20151 min read
354. Lawrence Durrell - Clea
There is less plot really in this one: Darley returns to Alexandria, gives the girl to her father Nessim and becomes Clea’s lover....
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...
Jun 15, 20151 min read
313. Natsuo Kirino - Grotesque
Misleadingly packaged as a thriller (which it isn’t) this is the strangest book I've read on holiday. A very weird Japanese novel about...
Jun 14, 20151 min read
220. William Faulkner - The Sound And The Fury
Best serious holiday read so far. Never read any Faulkner before, but this, although difficult was very good, especially part two (out of...
Apr 11, 20151 min read
297. Naomi Alderman - The Lessons
Totally different in style, and content, this is a coming of age novel about a group of friends at Oxford together, and two in...