Inspiring Older Readers
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Heart of the Heartless World: essays in cultural resistance in memory of Margot Heinemann, posted on 24 Aug 2022
This collection of essays was published in 1995 after starting life in 1992 as a project to celebrate the 80th birthday of Margot Heinemann
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Come Home and Be Killed: A London House Mystery posted on 21 Aug 2022
Published in this format in the USA in 1964, Come Home and Be Killed is the kind of mystery-thriller I’d normally pass over without blinking. .
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Letter from a Tea Garden posted on 14 Aug 2022
Like many people, I suspect that my idea of India has been shaped by reading various novels and watching films.
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Land’s Edge: a Coastal Memoir posted on 10 Aug 2022
Born in 1960 in Western Australia, Tim Winton is something of a hidden gem of a writer ....
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For Whom The Bell Tolls posted on 07 Aug 2022
Sometimes a writer’s reputation and public persona can be so huge it overshadows the source of that fame - the books.
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Much Obliged, Jeeves posted on 03 Aug 2022
Published in 1971 specifically to celebrate the author’s ninetieth birthday, Much Obliged, Jeeves is a perfect example of the extraordinary world of Jeeves
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A General Theory of Oblivion posted on 27 Jul 2022
Born in 1960, Agualusa is an Angolan novelist who uses his fiction to explore his country’s long and troubled colonial relationship with Portugal.
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Vile Bodies posted on 24 Jul 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn concludes that "Waugh gives a wonderful rendition of the brittle, self-regarding verbal mannerisms of the smart set.."
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The Big Man posted on 18 Jul 2022
Scottish novelist William McIlvanney (1936 – 2015) has become something of a cult figure in recent years...
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Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller posted on 14 Jul 2022
This fascinating book is a whole lot more than simply another portrait of a bookshop battling against the odds.