Inspiring Older Readers
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The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold posted on 15 Jun 2023
Written late in his career – there was only one more work of fiction to come before his death in 1966 ...
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2001: A Space Odyssey posted on 12 Jun 2023
I had always assumed that Clarke’s book was a ‘novelisation’ (dreadful word) of the seminal science fiction movie....
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Burmese Days posted on 08 Jun 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads George Orwell's early, partially autobiographical novel about his time in colonial Burma
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The Mask of Dimitrios posted on 05 Jun 2023
Eric Ambler is not, I would suggest, a name well known to the modern day reader of thriller/spy/espionage literature ....
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The Man with the Golden Gun posted on 01 Jun 2023
When you’ve never read single word written by a writer who has become an iconic figure, what you pick up ....
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Libraries posted on 29 May 2023
German photographer, Candida Höfer was born in 1944 and her body of work has brought her international recognition ....
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Fludd posted on 25 May 2023
Hilary Mantel, who died late last year, seems destined to be remembered and feted for her historical novels ....
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The Painted Veil posted on 22 May 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn champions a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, a writer he thinks may be unfairly out of fashion.
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Holy Disorders posted on 18 May 2023
The detective fiction of Edmund Crispin (real name Bruce Montgomery) is one of my go-to reads ...
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The Greatest Books You’ll Never Read posted on 15 May 2023
Even the very best authors include in their list of publications (and intended publications) a title that they planned to complete but failed to do so.