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1074. Zadie Smith - White Teeth
I have read this before, and it is good, but long and quite difficult. The story of two families, one an Englishman married to a...
Jun 17, 20231 min read


885. Uzma Jalaluddin - Ayesha At Last
A cleverly written take on 'Pride & Prejudice', based in the muslim immigrant community in Toronto. So we have Ayesha (Elizabeth Bennett)...
Aug 18, 20211 min read


353. Lawrence Durrell - Mountolive
Meant to read a Zola next, but got a bit hooked by no.352. This is much more of a stand- alone novel, centering mainly on Mountolive, a...
Nov 9, 20151 min read


345. Elizabeth Strout - The Burgess Boys
P enjoyed this, but I didn’t much. You can tell it is a ‘good quality’ novel, but I just didn’t warm to it. The Burgess' are a couple of...
Oct 17, 20151 min read