Inspiring Older Readers
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One Fat Englishman posted on 07 Jan 2018
I’ve read very little Kingsley Amis – I certainly loved Lucky Jim when I first encountered it ...
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The Movie-Goer posted on 06 Jan 2018
The Movie-goer was Walker Percy’s debut novel published in 1961, winning the US National Book Award ....
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William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies posted on 04 Jan 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads John Carey's 'magnificent.. first full-length biography of the Nobel laureate Golding'.
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The New Moon with the Old posted on 02 Jan 2018
Last night I dreamed that a handsome and dignified older man sought me out and pressed a secret message into my hand
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The Bookman’s Wake posted on 29 Dec 2017
In the luxurious position of having Christmas Day and Boxing Day stretching out in front of me with no commitments ....
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The Unlimited Dream Company posted on 28 Dec 2017
Most critical appraisals of J.G. Ballard’s work tend to see The Unlimited Dream Company as something of an outlier in his oeuvre.
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem posted on 24 Dec 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reads this classic collection of essays by Joan Didion and finds 'she remains an irresistible and compelling voice'.
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The House of Twenty Thousand Books posted on 24 Dec 2017
There’s something deeply fascinating about the community of left-wing Jewish intellectuals who lived in London ...
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Four Absentees posted on 21 Dec 2017
This book is a real little curiosity.
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The Haunted Tea-Cosy posted on 19 Dec 2017
Given my distinctly Scrooge-like attitude towards Christmas, this is probably not the site to come to for Yuletide bonhomie