Inspiring Older Readers
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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 ....
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The Man with the Golden Gun posted on 01 Jun 2023
When you’ve never read single word written by a writer who has become an iconic figure, what you pick up ....
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Fludd posted on 25 May 2023
Hilary Mantel, who died late last year, seems destined to be remembered and feted for her historical novels ....
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The Painted Veil posted on 22 May 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn champions a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, a writer he thinks may be unfairly out of fashion.
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Holy Disorders posted on 18 May 2023
The detective fiction of Edmund Crispin (real name Bruce Montgomery) is one of my go-to reads ...
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The Greatest Books You’ll Never Read posted on 15 May 2023
Even the very best authors include in their list of publications (and intended publications) a title that they planned to complete but failed to do so.
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Brave New World posted on 08 May 2023
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 must be the two so-called ‘dystopian’ novels that most people would name if asked to produce
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Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales posted on 27 Apr 2023
Jack Zipes is a rare and precious commodity: an academic who is readable and accessible.
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Visible and Invisible posted on 24 Apr 2023
Edward Frederic Benson (1867 – 1940) is probably now best known for his series of novels and stories featuring the characters Mapp & Lucia