Inspiring Older Readers
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American Gods posted on 12 Jul 2016
Published in 2001 and quite early in his novel-writing career, American Gods, remains one of Gaiman’s most ambitious books
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Street-Walker posted on 10 Jul 2016
British social attitudes towards prostitution have had one consistent feature – inconsistency.
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1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow posted on 08 Jul 2016
Guest reviewer Alun Severn reviews a book that helps him understand the historical significance of Napoleon
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Eating People Is Wrong posted on 07 Jul 2016
In the late Fifties and early Sixties a generation of writers including Bradbury, Kingsley Amis and John Wain...
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Refugee Tales posted on 04 Jul 2016
The premise of basing this profound book on the structure of an existing classic is a clever one
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Caverns of the Night : coal mines in art, literature and film posted on 02 Jul 2016
I have recently been doing some research into the ways in which predominantly middle-class artists have tended to eroticise working class occupations.
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Butcher's Crossing posted on 29 Jun 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, takes a look at John Williams' sometimes brutal novel of the West and finds echoes of Joseph Conrad.
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The Child That Books Built posted on 29 Jun 2016
Spufford sub-titles his book ‘A memoir of childhood and reading’
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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.