Reviews 

Published in the mid -1950s, this is very different. Re-published by a UK imprint called Persephone Books (to which P subscribes) it is...

Have read this before, but tried to read it more seriously/critically, in view of the book group meeting later this week. Not really sure...

A new genre to me – ‘outback noir’; The Dry might fall into this category. An apparent murder in a grim town in the Australian outback,...

Quite enjoyed this. A romance between a 40 year old white woman, divorced with two kids, and a 20+ old black man, who works in the local...

Holding was a West Indian fast bowler in the 70’s & 80’s, now a cricket commentator. This is extraordinary, written out of years of...

This was good, but not that good - I think the publicity has over-egged it. I struggled with a couple of aspects; were the 3 central...

Another recommendation from Paddy. This was very good, but maybe a bit thematic for a novel. Three main characters through whom the story...

Heard an extract on Radio 4. This is a shocking book about slavery in the deep south in the 19th century, but it is not a very good book....

Always try to read one big chunky classic novel on holiday and chose this, for some reason this year. A big and difficult novel, about...

Running out of books on holiday, found this on my kindle. Never read it before and won’t again. Get this on Amazon