Inspiring Older Readers
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Old School posted on 27 Jun 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Tobias Wolff's only novel and believes 'it contains some of Wolff’s most sensuously exact, lushly descriptive writing'
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City of Night posted on 23 Jun 2022
US novelist and essay writer Rechy was born in 1931 and has had to overcome plenty of adverse criticism ...
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The Quality of Hurt posted on 20 Jun 2022
Black American author, Chester Himes (1909 – 1984) is probably best known in this country for his hard-edged Harlem Detective series of books
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The Best of Books and Company posted on 16 Jun 2022
I'm not much of a fan of Susan Hill as a novelist but it can't be denied that she has a lengthy pedigree when it comes to a love of books ...
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More on Barbara Pym posted on 13 Jun 2022
Guest writer, Alun Severn looks back at the work of Barbara Pym and finds her 'a more complex, more accomplished and more acerbic writer' than he expected.
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The Gay Metropolis 1940 – 1996 posted on 09 Jun 2022
Kaiser is a journalist who has previously been a New York Times reporter and Newsweek editor – and it shows.
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One posted on 06 Jun 2022
New Yorker, David Karp (1922 – 1999) is best remembered for his 1953 novel, One which, alongside George Orwell’s 1984...
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Something Wicked from Japan posted on 02 Jun 2022
This extraordinary book, in both English and Japanese, is a superb introduction to ‘Ghosts, demons & Yokai in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces’ as the subtitle
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The Gate of Angels posted on 30 May 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn rereads Penelope Fitzgerald's novel and finds it has 'a mysteriously conveyed undercurrent of tragic melancholy'
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Unconditional Love posted on 29 May 2022
This beautifully presented book is an impressive collection of poems, prose, and thoughts written by parents, children and young people ..