Reviews 

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...

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...

A follow on from Lucky Jim. Interesting these post-war working class boys (if the authors really were) who are interested in different...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...