Inspiring Older Readers
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Little Steel posted on 27 Feb 2024
Despite being a Pulitzer Prize winner I suspect that very few people now read much written by Upton Sinclair beyond his most famous novels
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Station Eleven posted on 26 Feb 2024
Growing up in the second half of the 20th century in a pretty safe and secure, rich Western European environment made me way too indifferent ...
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Mr Pye posted on 21 Feb 2024
I’m not at all sure why but over time I’ve found myself drawn to quirky, off-centre novels from the early to mid-20th century...
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George Orwell: Fugitive from the Camp of Victory posted on 18 Feb 2024
Few people knew George Orwell better than Richard Rees.
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Citizen: An American Lyric posted on 13 Feb 2024
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine The fact that this book is subtitled An American Lyric and has been nominated for awards in the category...
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Old & Rare posted on 11 Feb 2024
Book collectors are a strange bunch.
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A Time of Gifts posted on 07 Feb 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn rereads (for the umpteenth time) Patrick Leigh Fermor's journey on foot from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople
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The Wife of Bath posted on 04 Feb 2024
Originally published in 2023 but now available from Princeton University Press in paperback...
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Spies posted on 31 Jan 2024
Michael Frayn, now at the grand old age of 90, is probably best known as a playwright – Noises Off, Democracy, Copenhagen ....
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The House of Doors posted on 28 Jan 2024
This is a novel that is complex, literary, multi-layered and magnetically readable.