Thursday, February 20, 2014

Stoner by John Williams

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To reveal that “he dies in the end” gives no more away about the plot of Stoner by John Williams than the revelation that “he’s born in the ...

The Deposition of Father McGreevy by Brian O’Doherty

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In The Deposition of Father McGreevy Brian O’Doherty transports us into a world and culture that will be quite alien to most readers. By the...
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...