Inspiring Older Readers
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The Book Collector posted on 27 Jun 2016
Alice Thompson has developed a reputation for producing unusual and challenging narratives
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Claudine's House posted on 25 Jun 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, takes a look at a writer at the peak of her powers.
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The Plague (Le Peste) posted on 24 Jun 2016
When the rats start to leave the cellars and sewers and drop dead, the population of Oran in Algeria is puzzled but not unduly upset
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The Hare With Amber Eyes posted on 20 Jun 2016
Alun Severn has been rereading Edmund de Waal’s remarkable book, The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold posted on 18 Jun 2016
I remember quite clearly the first time I read this book when I was at university in Bangor, North Wales
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But You Did Not Come Back posted on 17 Jun 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, examines a short but compelling Holocaust memoir
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Close The Coalhouse Door posted on 11 Jun 2016
Based on the inspirational writings of Sid Chaplin, this play-script by Alan Plater takes a playful but ultimately thoughtful and even rueful look ..
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Manhattan, When I Was Young posted on 10 Jun 2016
Guest writer, Alun Severn, reviews the compelling second instalment of Mary Cantwell's memoirs
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Child of God posted on 07 Jun 2016
Who is the greatest living novelist in the US? I realize that's probably a stupid question...
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Against Nature posted on 05 Jun 2016
A guest review by Alun Severn examining the classic of Decadence by J.K. Huysmans