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Jun 5, 20221 min read
986. Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea
Good to read a serious book, after a recent diet of (too much) crime. I had never heard of this but it is extraordinary. Jean Rhys was...
Jul 31, 20151 min read
324. F. Scott Fitzgerald - Tender Is The Night
Tried starting this two years ago in Spain; couldn’t get into it. A bit of a curate’s egg; some of his writing is excellent; some less...
Sep 4, 20131 min read
141. Denise Mina - Sanctum
This is the third time I have read this book, and I have never fully understood it! The narrator, who is both dis-likeable and probably...
Aug 30, 20131 min read
139. Denise Mina - Resolution
The third and best of the Garnethill trilogy, I have said to Paddy good enough to read as a stand alone. Everything does get resolved in...
Aug 2, 20131 min read
133. Anthony Burgess - Inside Mr. Enderby
Borrowed a few Burgess books from my Dad after enjoying 'Earthly Powers' so much on holiday. I found this a difficult book; Enderby is...