Inspiring Older Readers
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The Ponson Case posted on 06 Jul 2023
When I read Crofts’ first novel, The Cask, at the start of the year, I was impressed by the way he created a knotty mystery that he unwound in forensic det
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The Midnight Library posted on 03 Jul 2023
Matt Haig’s struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts are well documented and, along with a fascination with time.....
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay posted on 29 Jun 2023
To write a short review of a novel as huge as Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a daunting prospect.
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The City of Mist posted on 26 Jun 2023
When a much admired author dies comparatively young – Zafon was just 55 when he succumbed to cancer – there’s always a temptation ....
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Poor Cow posted on 22 Jun 2023
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the emergence of a genre of literature that presented an uncompromising portrait of life in working class communities
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Penguin Special: The Life and Times of Allen Lane posted on 19 Jun 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Jeremy Lewis’s magisterial biography of Allen Lane and the publishing house he founded, Penguin Books.
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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 ....