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Category Archives: 101greatreads
The trip to Echo Springs by Olivia Laing (Canongate)
“Here’s a thing. Iowa City, 1973. Two men in a car, a Ford Falcon convertible that’s seen better days. It’s winter, the kind of cold that hurts bones and lungs, that reddens knuckles, makes noses run. If you could, by … Continue reading
Bad business by Robert B Parker (No Exit Press)
‘Do you do divorce work’ the woman said. ‘I do,’ I said. ‘Are you any good?’ ‘I am,’ I said. THE late Robert Brown Parker wrote more than 40 Spenser detective novels plus another nine around the character Jessie … Continue reading
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Tagged boston, robert brown parker, spenser detective series, whodunnit, writing in dialogue
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The vanishing futurist by Charlotte Hobson (Faber)
“In May 1914, much against the advice of my parents, I took up the post of governess to the Robelev family of No 7 Gagarinsky Lane, Moscow” THERE is an endearing description on page two of this provocative, colourful entertaining, … Continue reading
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Tagged communism, futurist art, love in the commune, revolutionary art, russian revolution
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Ashes in the Wind by Christopher Bland (Head Zeus)
“John Burke wants to be Tomas Sullivan. John wants Tomas’s worn brown boots, the scabs on his knees, his green jersey darned with whatever coloured wool had come to his mother’s hand. He wants to talk like Tomas.” AN old … Continue reading
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Tagged christopher bland, County Kerry, Derrquin castle, drimnamore, horse racing, Irish history, oysters
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The poet by Michael Connelly (Orion)
“Death is my beat. I make a living from it.” IF you have a cold or flu, then Michael Connelly is a good companion. Being a bit dopey helps with the severe plot twists, not twists at all really but … Continue reading
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Tagged jack mcevoy, Michael Connelly, murder fiction, serial killer, the poet
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Homo Deus by Yoav Noah Harari ( (Penguin)
“At the dawn of the third millennium, humanity wakes up, stretching its limbs and rubbing its eyes. Remnants of some awful nightmare are still drifting across its mind.” HOWEVER awful events might have been through history, it is over. It … Continue reading
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Tagged dataism, futureshock, harari, homo deus, humanism, yuval noah
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The bird tribunal by Agnes Ravatn (Orenda)
“My pulse raced as I traipsed through the silent forest. The occasional screech of a bird, and, other than that, only naked, grey deciduous trees, spindly young saplings and the odd blue-green sprig of juniper in the muted April sunlight.” … Continue reading
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Tagged agnes ravatn, bird tribunal, Nordic fiction, psychology
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