Inspiring Older Readers
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The Bookman’s Promise posted on 16 Jun 2019
Published in 2004, this is the third instalment in the Cliff Janeway series of novels...
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No Pasaran! They Shall Not Pass: A Story of the Battle of Madrid posted on 12 Jun 2019
Probably now best known for The Jungle, his exposé of the dreadful working conditions in the Chicago slaughterhouses, Upton was an unapologetic Socialist
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Country Girl posted on 02 Jun 2019
O’Brien had resolved never to write an autobiography but at the age of 78 she relented ...
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War Doctor posted on 31 May 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, adds 'War Doctor' by David Nott to his now impressive list of reviews featuring 'the new school of surgeon-writers'.
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The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World posted on 29 May 2019
William Egginton sets out his stall in the very first sentences of his introduction...
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Blindness posted on 26 May 2019
I like what Sebastian Faulks wrote about Henry Green in 2005 ...
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Machines Like Me posted on 22 May 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn struggles to develop an emotional engagement with Ian McEwan's latest novel exploring the advent of Artificial Intelligence
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The Swimming Pool Library posted on 20 May 2019
Alan Hollinghurst’s first novel, published in 1988, caused quite a stir on its release because of its bold and graphic descriptions of gay sex ..
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They shoot horses, don’t they? posted on 13 May 2019
McCoy’s 1935 novel isn’t long but manages to capture the degradation and despair of those caught up in the poverty of the Great Depression
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The Order of the Day posted on 09 May 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Vuillard's not altogether successful attempt to understand the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party