Inspiring Older Readers
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The Refugees posted on 05 Jun 2017
I understand that the short story form is notoriously difficult for authors to do well ...
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Ashes In My Mouth, Sand In My Shoes posted on 04 Jun 2017
Norwegian novelist, Per Petterson’s breakthrough novel was the 2005 Out Stealing Horses...
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The Secret History posted on 02 Jun 2017
First published in 1992, The Secret History, Tartt’s first novel was a smash hit from the outset.
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Fools of Fortune posted on 02 Jun 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn is impressed by William Trevor's special brand of Irish Realism
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The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes posted on 31 May 2017
This is an extraordinary book in many ways.
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Ghost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project posted on 29 May 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Iain Sinclair's book that focuses on "the craven greed and vanity of ‘grand projects’ "
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Hurry On Down posted on 27 May 2017
You’ve got to feel sorry for poor old John Wain. His reputation as a writer has metaphorically slipped down the back of the literary sofa..
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Philip Larkin, the Marvell Press and Me posted on 22 May 2017
This is one of those unexpected week-end reads – a book I’d never heard of before that I picked up on a whim ...
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The Atmospheric Railway: new and selected stories posted on 19 May 2017
I suspect that Shena Mackay would be described as a writers writer...
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The Missing of the Somme posted on 19 May 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reviews a short book by 'one of the most deceptively hard-working slackers in literature'