Showing posts with label britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label britain. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Tribes by David Lammy

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  Tribes by David Lammy promises much, delivers something, but ultimately fails to convince. Its problem lies in the very nature of its visi...
Friday, February 24, 2012

The Towers Of Silence by Paul Scott

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The Towers Of Silence, the third of Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet, is very much a novel about women. Set in India in the 1940s, the war impinges ...
Friday, February 17, 2012

The Day of The Scorpion by Paul Scott

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Just as history can’t be undone, innocence, once lost, can’t be retrieved. If history would allow, I would dearly love to read Paul Scott’s ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru

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In his impressive and successful novel, Hari Kunzru explores the nature of identity. For some people a sense of belonging is very strong, wh...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Kansas In August by Patrick Gale

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Patrick Gale´s novel Kansas In August was an interesting, if never a very engaging read. It features some rather strange people. There is a ...
Monday, November 8, 2010

East West by Salman Rushdie

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East West is a short collection of short stories by Salman Rushdie. But there is nothing small or even limited about the themes they cover, ...
Monday, August 2, 2010

Coasting by Jonathan Raban

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Jonathan Raban’s Coasting is a book that defies labels. It’s not a novel. It might be a travel book. It might also be an autobiography, or e...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

Worst Fears by Fay Weldon

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Fay Weldon’s novel Worst Fears starts and finishes with bereavement. It examines how a woman deals with simultaneous loss and revealed betra...
Monday, May 4, 2009

The Line Of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

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It can be no coincidence that Nick, the Oxford graduate who comes to stay, has the surname Guest. The Feddes invite him into their London ho...
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Monday, September 1, 2008

2030 The Lottery by Peter Moore

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2030 The Lottery by Peter Moore is a pseudo-Orwellian poke into a possible British future. In contrast to Orwell, who placed his all-powerfu...
Monday, April 28, 2008

Kingdom Come by J. G. Ballard

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Kingdom Come by J. G. Ballard is not a successful book. Richard Brown is an advertising executive who has been estranged from his father for...
Monday, February 4, 2008

Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge

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At first glance Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge suggests it might be quite a light book, an easy read, a period piece set in the mid-nine...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Midnight All Day by Hanif Kureishi

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Midnight All Day is a collection of short stories by Hanif Kureishi, an author whose characters often approach the low life, usually without...
Monday, November 5, 2007

A review of A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell

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Anthony Powell’s “A Question of Upbringing” is the first part of his mammoth twelve novel epic “A Dance to the Music of Time”. He writes wit...