Inspiring Older Readers
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The Unpunished Vice: A life of reading posted on 29 Sep 2018
A new book from Edmund White is always a must buy – almost regardless of the subject matter....
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Sweet William posted on 28 Sep 2018
Beryl Bainbridge seems to be a writer’s writer. I say this because so many novelists acknowledge Bainbridge’s influence and her talent but her public profi
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The Dice Man posted on 26 Sep 2018
Luke Rhinehart is the pseudonym of George Cockcroft and his 1971 publication, The Dice Man, is almost the definition of a cult novel.
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Out of Sheer rage posted on 24 Sep 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn concludes that Geoff Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage "is really quite brilliant".
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Lion Cross Point posted on 22 Sep 2018
In his recently published memoir reflecting on how reading has shaped his life and ideas, Edmund White talks of his passion for Japanese literature
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I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A memoir of Nazi terror posted on 20 Sep 2018
If you’ve lived through and witnessed some of the worst things one human being can inflict on another, how is it possible to revisit that time...?
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Classic Covers: The Grapes of Wrath posted on 18 Sep 2018
The dust jacket produced for John Steinbeck’s 1939 classic, The Grapes of Wrath is one of those that can claim to be almost as admired as the book itself.
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The Silence of the Girls posted on 17 Sep 2018
I realise that I don’t know very much about the legendary Greek hero Achilles apart from a dim recollection of his extraordinary strength and prowess...
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Grief is the thing… posted on 16 Sep 2018
Guest writer, Alun Severn reads two books that mine the difficult subject of grief and finds "both are books that will burn brightly in your imagination"
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Casting the Runes posted on 14 Sep 2018
The other evening I noticed that a remote digital television channel was showing the movie, The Night of the Demon,....