Inspiring Older Readers
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The Republic of Whores posted on 16 Mar 2020
Take a pinch of Catch-22, add a sprinkling of M*A*S*H and lace with a liberal dose of The Good Soldier Svejk ....
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A Long Petal of the Sea posted on 10 Mar 2020
The multi-award winning author is described on the book jacket as ‘a novelist, feminist and philanthropist’ ...
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Authorised Murder posted on 07 Mar 2020
I would imagine that most people associate Isaac Asimov with writing either science fact or science fiction...
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A High Wind In Jamaica posted on 02 Mar 2020
This is a book I’ve been aware of for what seems like the whole of my reading life but it’s constantly crept under my radar
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Quartet in Autumn posted on 28 Feb 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn finds an unexpected 'seam of treasure' waiting for him in Barbara Pym's understated lower-middle class world
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Memoirs of a Book Snake posted on 25 Feb 2020
In the world of second hand, collectable and rare books, the figure of the book scout has an almost legendary place in its mythology
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Rereading Brideshead Revisited posted on 19 Feb 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn returns to the book he thinks of as Evelyn Waugh's greatest triumph, 'Brideshead Revisited'
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Shakespeare and Company: A history of the rag & bone shop of the heart posted on 17 Feb 2020
There are very few bookshops that become famous in their own right for being legendary institutions...
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The Street posted on 13 Feb 2020
Ann Petry (real name Ann Lane) wasn’t an author I’d ever heard of until I read Tayari Jones’ reflections on her
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The Great Fire posted on 10 Feb 2020
It’s a bit of a cliché to call an author ‘a writers writer’ but in the case of Australian novelist, Shirley Hazzard, it’s a phrase I think is fully