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Dec 11, 20221 min read
1035. Bernadine Evaristo - Girl, Women, Other
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...
Jan 4, 20221 min read
930. Brian Moore - The Feast Of Lupercal
This is a wonderful book, that has somehow sat unread on the bookshelf for years, maybe since my dad died? Diarmuid Devine is a middle...
Mar 1, 20201 min read
751. Anthony Burgess - Earthly Powers
Re-read this, possibly influenced or inspired by discussion about religions with Robert Spicer (738) and then reading Burgess’ book about...
Sep 13, 20181 min read
622. Hubert Selby Jr - Last Exit To Brooklyn
Emergency purchase at WH Smiths in Gatwick, as kindle won’t accept my card for some reason. Wildly controversial at the time, now perhaps...
Jun 2, 20171 min read
491. David Mark - Original Skin
Did indeed! This guy is very good, and these are high class police procedurals, with a good variety of police colleagues of McAvoy, who...
Dec 13, 20161 min read
452. Julie Cohen - Falling
Another that Paddy enjoyed from the library. I guess this is chic-lit, and on the whole I enjoyed it. Made me think about the difference...
May 28, 20161 min read
404. Dan Kavanagh - Duffy
I gather Dan Kavanagh is really Julian Barnes, writing private eye thrillers under this pseudonym. Certainly a fairly salacious page...
May 25, 20161 min read
402. Samuel Butler - The Way Of All Fish
This has sat on our bookcase since October 1977 unread. It seems to be quite a famous book, but it is pretty poor. I don’t know who...
May 6, 20161 min read
396. Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn
I am not sure if I have ever read this before; although I have seen the TV adaptation many times and the book drags back memories,...
Apr 12, 20161 min read
392. Simon Raven - Fielding Gray
These are pretty good; read most of the series may years ago and this is no.1. Very public school, post Evelyn Waugh but well written,...
Aug 12, 20151 min read
328. Patrick Gale - Rough Music
This is another good book, but nothing like as good as no.327. It may be quite autobiographical (at least in its settings) and lacks the...