Inspiring Older Readers
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Killing Hapless Ally posted on 03 Jul 2017
This is an intriguing story about the personal struggle for identity and meaning for Alison, a woman with a range of serious mental health problems ...
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Winter's Bone posted on 02 Jul 2017
My God. If you think that Cormac McCarthy is a brutally hard read and his world is a vision of bleak nihilism, try Daniel Woodrell's 'Winter's Bone'.
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The Last Picture Show posted on 01 Jul 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn comes belatedly to a novel of 'underlying sophistication' that has plenty to say about the human condition.
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Toast: the story of a boy’s hunger posted on 28 Jun 2017
It’s unlikely that you’ll find many references on this website to the literary output of celebrity chefs........
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A Boy At The Hogarth Press posted on 25 Jun 2017
In 1928 public schoolboy, Richard Kennedy left Marlborough school at the age of 16 with no qualifications...
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The Uses of Literacy posted on 20 Jun 2017
A recent article in The New Statesman reminded me that it was time to revisit some of Richard Hoggart’s 1957 classic
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Cotton Comes To Harlem posted on 18 Jun 2017
Chester Himes (1909 – 1984) frequently gets tagged with the label the ‘Black Raymond Chandler’ ...
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Put Out More Flags posted on 16 Jun 2017
Regular guest reviewer, Alun Severn offers an alternative take on a book that previously got less than rave reviews on this site.
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Scenes From A Bookshop posted on 15 Jun 2017
The dividing line between fiction and memoir is almost impossible to distinguish in this slim book of stories/reminiscences....
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Love On The Dole posted on 12 Jun 2017
It’s interesting the way in which certain books come to stand as representative of particular points in history or end-up being emblematic ....