Inspiring Older Readers
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Maximum Bob posted on 29 Mar 2017
Kathy Diaz Baker’s not having a great day. Her marriage to her narcissistic husband is over....
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Exit West posted on 24 Mar 2017
Exit West is the latest novel from Mohsin Hamid who is probably best known as the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
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Literature, politics and culture in post-war Britain posted on 21 Mar 2017
Alan Sinfield’s work is never anything less than intriguing ...
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The West Pier posted on 19 Mar 2017
The West Pier (1952) turned out to be the first of a trilogy of books featuring the truly obnoxious Ernest Ralph Gorse
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Soft City posted on 15 Mar 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, revisits Jonathan Raban's classic mix of sociology and autobiography and finds things to admire despite his reservations.
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The Underground Railroad posted on 12 Mar 2017
There has been a tremendous buzz of excitement generated by Whitehead’s book in recent months.
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The Night Cleaner posted on 10 Mar 2017
The collapse of the banking system in 2008 was an event that has exposed global capitalism for what it really is...
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Night Shift posted on 09 Mar 2017
On a recent trip to Waterstones we were grazing the new children’s book when we came across Debi Gliori’s Night Shift.
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I Bought Andy Warhol posted on 08 Mar 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, takes us into the 'grubby' world of the art dealer.
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The Book posted on 04 Mar 2017
This review is a two for the price of one offer – the first part dealing with the content and the second part highlighting the aesthetics of this book ..