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Sep 30, 20211 min read
900. Anton Chekhov - The Cherry Orchard
We are going to see this in the theatre tonight, with Ian McKellan and other vaunted actors, and I hope it is better on stage than on the...
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...
Apr 11, 20151 min read
297. Naomi Alderman - The Lessons
Totally different in style, and content, this is a coming of age novel about a group of friends at Oxford together, and two in...
Mar 31, 20131 min read
92. Moshin Hamid - How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia
Heard this reviewed on Radio 4. A bit different. A novel disguised as 'self-help' book very simply about getting rich in rising Asia....
Oct 16, 20121 min read
49. Anna Quindlen - Every Last One
P recommended this because it has a murder in it. I loathed it; a real 'woman's' book, with a central character so obsessed with her...
Sep 13, 20121 min read
40. Henry James - Washington Square
After 'The Portrait of a Lady' (no.17) I thought I would try another James. This is short and slight in comparison, but again very good....