Inspiring Older Readers
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The Outsider posted on 21 Mar 2016
Colin Wilson died at the age of 82 in 2013 and although he went to his grave believing that he was "the major literary genius of our century"
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Wildwood posted on 18 Mar 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reads Roger Deakin’s superlative Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees,
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth posted on 16 Mar 2016
In Germany, Professor Lidenbrock has developed an obsession – he wants to follow in the footsteps of the Icelander, Arne Saknussenum
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The Lie Tree posted on 15 Mar 2016
I usually try to avoid looking at reviews before writing my own but must confess...
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Updike’s short stories posted on 10 Mar 2016
By the time he died, aged 76, in January 2009, John Updike’s position in the pantheon of great American writers was not unchallenged
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The Big Sleep posted on 05 Mar 2016
Lean and mean, this is probably my favourite Chandler novel.
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Reconsidering Nabokov’s Lolita posted on 04 Mar 2016
A guest review from Alun Severn who ponders the quality and value of Nabokov's tale of paedophilia
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A Pound Of Paper posted on 28 Feb 2016
When this book first came out in 2002 I sat and read it a virtually a single sitting.
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Johnny Got His Gun posted on 24 Feb 2016
In an age when superlatives are commonly lavished on the ordinary and mundane it somehow feels niggardly to call this book extraordinary
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Fahrenheit 451 posted on 17 Feb 2016
I last read this book at some point in my early 20s and to be quite honest I can’t say that I had a detailed memory of the world Bradbury had created for