Reviews 

This is not the sort of book I would normally read. The title is misleading, it is not biographical at all, but a year of events and...

Quite enjoyed this; had heard it on the radio a year or two ago. A first love story, loosely structured around 'Romeo and Juliet' which...

I enjoyed this, particularly the last quarter after the boy’s death, but struggled with the early chapters where there were (for me) too...

This is one of Paddy’s and very good. Emma Smith is an Oxford Professor but this book really tries to demystify Shakespeare, and...

Quite good. I had heard bits on the Radio 4 book of the week slot a month or so ago. A young, class-crossed love story set against the...

I have been meaning to read this for years, but thought I should read more Dostoyevsky first. Steiner wrote this in his late 20’s and his...

This last of the Jackson Brodies’ restored my faith in Kate Atkinson after the disappointing 625. This is a brilliant book, clever,...

Yet another via P as I can’t choose books for myself at the moment. This, sadly, was completed by his son as Torday died just before it...