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Sunday, 24 February 2013
Bedlam - cheese and ham
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Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyer (Orbit: 2013) A Stirlingshire computer geek gets transported into a world seemingly made up of every com...
Sunday, 10 February 2013
The Innocents - an odd sandwich
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The Innocents by Francesca Segal (Vintage: 2013) Following the lives being lived in a Jewish enclave of North London, centred around A...
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Birdsong - a non-rambling opinion (mostly)
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My good looking copy, from the Folio Society. I think I love those guys (and Mrs GBR of course, who bought it for me) Birdsong by ...
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Put out More Flags - Waugh's killer combination
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The title page of my lovely old edition Put out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh (Chapman & Hall : 1942) Between war being declared and...
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Sunday, 13 January 2013
NW - Zadie Smith is probably a witch
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Yeah, I have a Kindle now. What of it? NW by Zadie Smith (Hamish Hamilton: 2012). Zadie Smith tours North West London, introducing a ...
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Sunday, 6 January 2013
Back to Blood - thawing a cool kid
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Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe (Jonathan Cape: 2012) Tom Wolfe continues to try and live up to The Bonfire of the Vanities. The 81 year-old...
Sunday, 23 December 2012
GBRYIR 2012 - because Christmas is all about giving
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Because this is what comes up when you Google image "GBRYIR" I hope you’re all enjoying your December and (like me) using t...
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