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Dec 11, 20211 min read
921. Colm Tóibín - The Magician
Never read any by this guy before, but from the bibliography, at the start, I should; he sounds a bit like Antony Burgess, mixing fiction...
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...
Sep 29, 20141 min read
250. Martin Amis - The Zone Of Interest
Haven’t read any Martin Amis for yonks. This is a difficult book set in or around a concentration camp (although there aren’t many...
Apr 1, 20141 min read
193. Olivia Manning - The Spoilt City
Volume two of the above. Rumania rather passively allows itself to be occupied by the Germans because there is no political will there,...
May 16, 20131 min read
105. Torquil McLeod - Murder In Malmö
You can see where this is going, in several senses. ('Meet me in M...,' 'Mayhem in M..), just need enough crime related nouns beginning...