Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers was given to me by a friend who understands I have a fixation on…
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Children have a fixation with the downright gruesome. I found this out when I recently re-discovered the picture book Struwwelpeter by Heinrich…
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I read over one hundred books in 2016 and I must confess I did feel secretly smug. I had written the titles…
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Don’t you dare give me an ash tray for Christmas! …were the words from my mum when I told her I was…
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A few years ago, ten million hardbacks celebrated a book depository in Liverpool. A place in a local shopping centre designated solely for…
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It is fair to say 2016 has been an unruly guest as years go. We have been stripped of creative geniuses and…
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A pop art version of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, with a touch of Tarantino violence sums up Small Change: Andrez Bergen’s buzzing…
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One crisp Wednesday morning in May, I swam into the Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice. Located in Calle Lunga Santa Maria Formosa, the…
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Ever had the feeling you have been drugged with a literary pill? You pick up a book and cannot stop reading it;…
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Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is a remarkable reflection on American society. Frank and April Wheeler, two souls pickled in liquor, float…
