Inspiring Older Readers
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The Devil’s Carousel posted on 12 Mar 2023
Scottish author, Jeff Torrington (1935-2008) wasn’t by any stretch of the imagination a prolific writer.
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The White Lioness posted on 08 Mar 2023
Originally published in the UK in 2003, Mankell’s third instalment of his series of crime novels featuring his reluctant Swedish small-town detective...
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Love, Leda posted on 05 Mar 2023
Mark Hyatt is largely remembered, if he’s remembered at all, as a minor poet who lived on the fringes of the bohemian set in London
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead posted on 23 Feb 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn is impressed by a novel from one of the seventeen women who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
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The Piano Teacher posted on 20 Feb 2023
When Austrian author, Elfrieda Jelinek was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2004, it was seen as one of the more controversial decisions the committee had made.
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The Black Death posted on 14 Feb 2023
Philip Ziegler’s The Black Death was originally published in 1969 and I remember buying a copy of the Pelican paperback
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Mr Weston’s Good Wine posted on 09 Feb 2023
Religious allegories come in all shapes and forms but T.F. Powys’ Mr Weston’s Good Wine must be one of the most whimsical and weird examples.
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George Orwell: A Life in Letters posted on 06 Feb 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn battles against poor book production values to find the heart of an iconic author
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The Hound of the Baskervilles posted on 02 Feb 2023
Given the huge range of cinema and television adaptations that have been done of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, I would guess...
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The Cask posted on 30 Jan 2023
First published in 1920, The Cask is Freeman Wills Crofts debut novel and generally thought to be his masterpiece.