Inspiring Older Readers
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Babbitt posted on 30 Sep 2024
Comparatively few novelists create a protagonist whose characteristics chime so perfectly with a social or economic phenomenon that the name enters ...
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The happy accidents of reading: Richard Ford, Saul Bellow, Martin Amis posted on 25 Sep 2024
Guest writer, Alun Severn gives us a privileged glimpse into what has shaped his reading over recent weeks.
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One for the collectors: Ulysses by James Joyce posted on 23 Sep 2024
I’m a huge admirer of James Joyce’s great novel, Ulysses and, because I was long ago incurably bitten by the collectors’ bug, I go out of my way ...
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Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus posted on 19 Sep 2024
There are lots of reasons why this book is difficult to review and all of them serve to obscure the actual story that Mary Shelley set down
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Literary Journeys: Mapping fictional travels across the world of literature posted on 17 Sep 2024
If you are a fan of literary fiction, here’s a book that is going to be on the table next to your favourite reading-chair
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A Capful O' Nails posted on 14 Sep 2024
Lost and forgotten books are frequently lost or forgotten for very good reasons....
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If you’re going to sign, do it properly posted on 12 Sep 2024
I’m very fond of a signed book - it’s something I’ve written about at some length on this site before.
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The Old Century & seven more years posted on 09 Sep 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Siegfried Sassoon’s 'most Proustian book', 'The Old Century & seven more years'
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich posted on 04 Sep 2024
Back in the early 1970s, reading One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was a landmark in my development as a reader
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Prater Violet posted on 02 Sep 2024
Published in 1946, this was Isherwood’s first novel following the more widely known and admired, Goodbye to Berlin.