Friday, January 17, 2014

Woman Of The Inner Sea by Thomas Keneally

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Woman Of The Inner Sea by Thomas Keneally is a thoroughly satisfying novel. Via its pages, the reader shares its characters’ experience, inh...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

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. ...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Free on Kindle - 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...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

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...
Monday, January 13, 2014

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 f...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

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...

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 ...