Inspiring Older Readers
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The Clothing of Books posted on 07 May 2019
This is another in the series of delightful pocket-sized individual essays that are perfect for a short train journey ...
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Leonard and Virginia Woolf as Publishers : The Hogarth Press 1917-1941 posted on 05 May 2019
The story of the Hogarth Press is, by any measure, pretty remarkable and would probably be unrepeatable in the circumstances of today.
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The Comedians posted on 03 May 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn takes another dip into 'Greeneland', this time with the novelist's take on Papa Doc Duvalier’s Haiti.
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The Language of Kindness: A Nurses Story posted on 28 Apr 2019
Guest reviewer, Julia Neall finds Christie Watson's memoir "pulls no punches" in its description of modern day nursing
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The Siege of Krishnapur posted on 26 Apr 2019
In the list of unfortunate and untimely deaths, Farrell’s in 1979 at the age of 44 must rank as one of the most tragic.
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No Country for Old Men posted on 23 Apr 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reappraises a Cormac McCarthy novel that leaves him feeling "that the book doesn’t quite work"
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Appointment in Samarra posted on 20 Apr 2019
O’Hara is another example of an author whose identity and reputation has gradually slipped off the front page...
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After the Fire posted on 19 Apr 2019
Frederic Welin is a seventy year old retired doctor who lives alone on an island in the Swedish archipelago.
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Nightmare Abbey posted on 17 Apr 2019
I think that any list of once popular but now almost completely neglected authors would require the inclusion of Thomas Love Peacock.
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Rereading Don DeLillo’s Underworld posted on 15 Apr 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn tackles a contender for the title of 'The Great American Novel'