by cols61 | Nov 30, 2017 | British and Irish Fiction
Peter and the Wolves!…. Legacy Of Spies by John Le Carre ……… When you get to my age and look back in time, some memories are so vivid they feel like they happened yesterday. One such memory for me is the day when as a kid of about thirteen... by cols61 | Sep 20, 2017 | British and Irish Fiction
Myth Nights Children….. …..The House Of Names by Colm Toibin Book Review. Irish Fiction. June 2017 It was Martin Scorcese who once said, ‘It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology……. the richest king who gets everything he... by cols61 | Sep 20, 2017 | Scottish Fiction
Solitary Confinement……. ….Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Book Review. Scottish Fiction. June 2017 The American writer, Brandon Sanderson, once compared expectations to fine pottery….‘the harder you hold them, the more likely... by cols61 | Sep 20, 2017 | Foreign Fiction
FOREIGN FICTION. The Unusual Suspects…….. …..The Final Bet by Abdelilah Hamdouchi The Final Bet by Abdelilah Hamdouchi Byron once wrote ‘Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil?’. Byron’s phrase is a perfect... by cols61 | Apr 17, 2017 | British and Irish Fiction
‘The immigrant’s heart marches to the beat of two quite different drums, one from the old homeland and the other from the new. The immigrant has to bridge these two worlds, living comfortably in the new and bringing the best of his or her ancient identity... by cols61 | Jan 24, 2017 | US Fiction
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN BY GARTH STEIN ……..I’d expected to be challenged in reading this book, by what Samuel Taylor Coleridge named “the willing suspension of disbelief”, because one of the two main characters in the book is Enzo,...
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