Thursday, January 9, 2014

After Many A Summer by Aldous Huxley

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As novels go, After Many A Summer by Aldous Huxley presents something of the unexpected. It’s a strange, rather perplexing experience.  By t...
Monday, December 10, 2012

A Change Of Climate by Hilary Mantel

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In A Change Of Climate Hilary Mantel presents what is essentially a family saga, but in settings that add extra dimensions to the expected d...

The Lost Girl by D H Lawrence

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In a very famous context, D. H. Lawrence is himself famous for using a word beginning with ‘f’, a word that is infamous rather than famous. ...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

A Text-Book on the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke

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A Text-Book on the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke was published a century ago. Today it offers the modern reader not only pott...
Friday, November 16, 2012

The Dalkey Archive by Flann O'Brien

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Brian O’Nolan was an Irish civil servant who wrote fiction and journalism under pseudonyms. Flann O’Brien was the name O’Nolan used on his...
Monday, November 12, 2012

The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes

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In some ways The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes is far too short. Tony Webster, the novel’s central character and first person narrator...
Friday, November 9, 2012

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Prodigal Summer is eventually both surprising and deceptive. It is surprising because of the twists and turns of ...