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May 9, 20221 min read
975. Anne Perry - A Truth To Lie For
This was pretty low grade, despite being described as ‘reminiscent of Graham Greene’. I don’t think so. A quasi-espionage thriller set...
Aug 6, 20211 min read
882. Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell To Arms
I enjoyed this more than I expected. I can’t see anything special about his prose style. But I enjoyed this as a novel about an American...
Mar 7, 20141 min read
186. Evelyn Waugh - Sword Of Honour
Nearly two weeks since I finished no.185. This is very long and I gave up on another book before starting it. It is not very good either;...
Apr 13, 20121 min read
3. Graham Greene - The Quiet American
Found this surprisingly hard to get into, being a big fan, but it is excellent. The narrator is a seedy English journalist in Vietnam in...