Inspiring Older Readers
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A Ghost at Noon posted on 22 Mar 2023
Published in its English translation in 1955, A Ghost at Noon was given the title, The Despised Husband in the USA
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s posted on 19 Mar 2023
Truman Capote’s beautifully crafted novella, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is likely to be the work that most people would associate him with
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Obelisk: A history of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press posted on 15 Mar 2023
There may be some people who know the author, Neil Pearson for his stage and television work but he’s also well-know in the book world...
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The Devil’s Carousel posted on 12 Mar 2023
Scottish author, Jeff Torrington (1935-2008) wasn’t by any stretch of the imagination a prolific writer.
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The White Lioness posted on 08 Mar 2023
Originally published in the UK in 2003, Mankell’s third instalment of his series of crime novels featuring his reluctant Swedish small-town detective...
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Love, Leda posted on 05 Mar 2023
Mark Hyatt is largely remembered, if he’s remembered at all, as a minor poet who lived on the fringes of the bohemian set in London
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead posted on 23 Feb 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn is impressed by a novel from one of the seventeen women who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
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The Piano Teacher posted on 20 Feb 2023
When Austrian author, Elfrieda Jelinek was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2004, it was seen as one of the more controversial decisions the committee had made.
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The Black Death posted on 14 Feb 2023
Philip Ziegler’s The Black Death was originally published in 1969 and I remember buying a copy of the Pelican paperback
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Mr Weston’s Good Wine posted on 09 Feb 2023
Religious allegories come in all shapes and forms but T.F. Powys’ Mr Weston’s Good Wine must be one of the most whimsical and weird examples.