Inspiring Older Readers
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The Leather Boys posted on 13 Mar 2018
This story of a blossoming gay romance between two working class teenage biker boys was published in 1961....
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Cast adrift in a bookless wilderness posted on 12 Mar 2018
Weekends are special to me because they are the time I ring-fence for finding books and we try to get out as widely as we can..
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The Final Solution posted on 12 Mar 2018
Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, is certainly one that would come into contention ...
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In The Sixties posted on 11 Mar 2018
German born photographer, Frank Habicht attended the Hamburg School of Photography at the age of 24 in 1962 ...
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Satan In The Suburbs posted on 09 Mar 2018
At the grand old age of 80, Bertrand Russell turned his hand to writing fiction.....
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Three novels for snow days posted on 07 Mar 2018
Because of the unusually harsh recent weather I have been able to stay snuggled at home and make my way through more books than usual.
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The Road To Hell posted on 06 Mar 2018
If there was ever a book that demonstrates just how superior a bookshop is to the internet if you are a lover of serendipity then this is it.
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Books, Baguettes & Bedbugs: The Left Bank World of Shakespeare & Co. posted on 04 Mar 2018
When I first saw this book I rather leapt to the conclusion that it was going to be another of those amiable, largely biographic memoirs
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Justine posted on 03 Mar 2018
I’ve got a chequered history when it comes to this novel.
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Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir posted on 02 Mar 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn ends his reading dry-spell when he picks up John Banville's Dublin memoir