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Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Granta)

Posted on January 15, 2014 by drewsmith28

HAD Eleanor Catton’s precocious first novel The Rehearsal been shortlisted for the Booker Prize alongside her weightier winning tome the Luminaries, it might have been interesting to see how it fared. Academic as a question perhaps but relevant maybe. In The … Continue reading →

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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)

Posted on January 15, 2014 by drewsmith28

“Hi!” My name is Nao and i am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you.” THIS is a great book. Quite why it did not … Continue reading →

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Doped by Jamie Read (Racing Post)

Posted on January 15, 2014 by drewsmith28

“BY THE end of 1959 Jack Stiles, glad to be free from Captain Ryan Price’s iron rule, was back in Newmarket and living in a second-floor flat in the Carlton Hotel on the High Street.” DOPED won the William Hill … Continue reading →

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