Inspiring Older Readers
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Hangover Square posted on 19 Jan 2023
It’s 1939 and the world is on the verge of war. Society is about to find itself involved in bloody existential conflict ....
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Dark Matter posted on 16 Jan 2023
Over the Christmas period I was keen to find a top rate ghost story ...
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The Russian Interpreter posted on 05 Jan 2023
The Russian Interpreter, published in 1966, was Frayn’s second novel, following on from his award-winning debut, The Tin Men.
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie posted on 14 Dec 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Muriel Spark's classic novel of a woman wedded to the idea of progressive schooling - and Fascism
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The Disenchanted posted on 11 Dec 2022
Budd Schulberg might be a new name to a lot of people but if you’re an aficionado of cinema history you’ll surely know him ...
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The Old Boys posted on 07 Dec 2022
Published in 1964 when he was 36 years old, The Old Boys is often referred to as William Trevor’s first novel...
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Preexisting Conditions: Recounting the Plague posted on 04 Dec 2022
Although we are still living with the very real problems of our own pandemic, Covid 19 isn’t, of course, the first or only ‘plague’ to have tested ....
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Even the Darkest Night posted on 30 Nov 2022
Cercas is perhaps best associated with thoughtful and emotionally complex novels about the consequences of the Spanish Civil War
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Bacon in Moscow posted on 27 Nov 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn takes us into the murky world of art dealing as the Soviet Union collapses into a gangster state.
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Bibliomaniac posted on 23 Nov 2022
Broadcaster and comedian, Robin Ince shares an obsession with me – books.