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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...
Dec 10, 20161 min read
451. Elizabeth Buchan - The New Mrs Clifton
Paul Scott apart, this would I think be my book of the year this year. A library book that Paddy enjoyed, set in post war England. Quite...
Oct 3, 20161 min read
435. John Braine - Room At The Top
A follow on from Lucky Jim. Interesting these post-war working class boys (if the authors really were) who are interested in different...
Sep 24, 20161 min read
432. Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim
After my dismissive comment at no.429 above, I thought I should re- read Amis (I think this is the only book of his I have ever read,...
May 13, 20151 min read
302. Katherine Webb - The Night Falling
One of Paddy’s cast off’s (like no.300 above). I read too many ‘feminine’ books because they are there available. This was quite good,...
Apr 4, 20131 min read
94. Steven Jacobi - Going Naked Is The Best Disguise
Don't know why I read this as it is not very good. Probably avoiding another Tolstoy, already read detective novel and/or spending money...
Apr 27, 20121 min read
6. Janice Y.K. Lee - The Piano Teacher
I thought this was a wonderful book, not unlike Greene, but written by a woman. Set in wartime and post-war Hong Kong, it is about...