Showing posts with label catholic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label catholic. Show all posts
Thursday, September 17, 2020

Crown of Blood, The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis

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When they advance, pawns become queens. But to advance, they usually need support from a bishop or a knight from behind the walls of a castl...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Milkman by Anna Burns

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Milkman is a novel by Anna Burns. It won the Booker. It is a book. It's a book about a place, a place which is not named, but we know ...
Monday, December 19, 2011

A Northern Ireland Childhood - Patrick Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

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Patrick Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle is an unusual, highly original account of life in a Northern Ireland Catholic household. Written from...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A Northern Ireland family - Reading In The Dark by Seamus Deane

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Reading In The Dark is a first person account of an extraordinary childhood. On the surface, the family seems to be stable enough. They are ...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Saint Augustine by Garry Wills – a biography of the early Christian saint.

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A young African man with a taste for sex and a highly developed sense of both religion and mission travels across the Mediterranean. He deci...
Friday, December 18, 2009

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

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In The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry tells a story set in Ireland. As is often the case, this story set in Ireland is very much a story ...
Monday, October 20, 2008

The Heart Of The Matter by Graham Greene

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Over forty years ago a new English teacher at my school answered a question asked by an eager student. The question was, “What do you think ...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The End Of The Affair by Graham Greene

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Anyone who has lived in London could place the Common that forms a geographical centrepiece in The End Of The Affair by Graham Greene. It do...
Friday, July 13, 2007

Mission - a review by David Holiday

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It's hard to believe that this is a debut novel. The writer Phillip Spires is a master at his craft and after buying the book I visited ...

Mission by Philip Spires - a review by Cao Duc Thac

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Budget airlines have made travelling far easier in recent years and many of us have enjoyed holidays in exotic places: on safaris in East Af...

Mission - Some extracts from the novel

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The title of Mission's first chapter is Michael. Here is how it starts  ... Enter Michael, dishevelled and panting. His movements are ...