Inspiring Older Readers
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The Story of the Eye posted on 11 Jun 2018
What is the boundary line between art, philosophy and pornography?
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Rereading Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint posted on 10 Jun 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn pays tribute to Philip Roth by rereading his most (in)famous novel
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An Interview With Jack Zipes posted on 10 Jun 2018
An Interview With Jack Zipes
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This Side of Paradise posted on 06 Jun 2018
Published in 1920, Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel was successful enough to enable him to marry Zelda in the same year
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Cultural Politics at the Fin de Siecle posted on 04 Jun 2018
Published by Cambridge University Press these collections of themed essays for an academic audience are always a bit of a hit and miss affair...
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Philip Pullman, Marina Warner and Jack Zipes at the Hay Literary Festival, 2nd June 2018 posted on 03 Jun 2018
You know when you’ve been at a top rate event at a literary festival when you come away from the tent saying things like...
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The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly posted on 02 Jun 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn finds there are rich depths in a book born of unimaginable adversity.
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The Drunken Sailor: The life of the poet Arthur Rimbaud in his own words posted on 01 Jun 2018
This really is a stop-you-in-your-tracks, knock-down dead fabulous looking book.
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Six Four posted on 31 May 2018
Every now and then a book comes along that seems to unite critics through the choice of the adjective predominantly used to describe it.
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Margaret Atwood at The Hay Festival, 29th May 2018 posted on 30 May 2018
Margaret Atwood at The Hay Festival, 29th May 2018