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Sunday, 29 May 2011

The Seven Days of Peter Crumb - uncomfortable reading

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The Seven Days of Peter Crumb by Jonny Glynn (Portobello Books Ltd: 2007). The ramblings of a crazy man as he lives out his plan for the la...
Sunday, 22 May 2011

The Knife of Never Letting Go - an attempt to get over myself

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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (2008: Walker Books Ltd). In a world where everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts, a boy...
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Sunday, 15 May 2011

The Perfect Nazi - hmmmm...

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The Perfect Nazi by Martin Davidson (Viking: 2010 – published in paperback by Penguin: 2011). Martin Davidson is a maker of documentaries a...
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Sunday, 8 May 2011

Bounce - dragging out an inspirational premise

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Bounce by Matthew Syed (Fourth Estate: 2010, paperback edition published April 2011) Table tennis great turned journalist Matthew Syed expl...
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Sunday, 1 May 2011

In Praise of Savagery - good writing vs the real world

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In Praise of Savagery by Warwick Cairns ( The Friday Project , 2011) A novel describing the adventure of Wilfred Thesinger as he attempted ...
Wednesday, 27 April 2011

A brief diversion - what 10GBR means

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Top scores are given away too easily for some things. Can you say "Strictly come Dancing"? The first ever ten score in the G...
Sunday, 24 April 2011

The World of Jeeves - a perfect world

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The World of Jeeves by PG Wodehouse (Arrow Books, 2008) An omnibus of Jeeves and Wooster stories. (I feel silly even explaining what Jeeves...
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