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 | Sep 24, 2016 | Foreign Fiction
………..There is of course no shortage of books set during the Second World War and many focus on the Holocaust. Over the years I’ve read several and while the subject matter is always horrific, it seems to me that if new books about the Nazi...
by cols61 | Sep 23, 2016 | Foreign Fiction, Reading
When it comes to the novels of Khaled Hosseini I am a very slow learner!!!…………… I read ‘The Kite Runner’ and wept a bucket-load at the...
by cols61 | Jul 30, 2016 | Foreign Fiction, Reading
'A Brilliant Blood Spattered Epic of 17th Century Canada' The Daily Telegraph I snort derisorily at adverts I see on the Tube proclaiming a recent release as ” Film of the Year” or “This Is The Best Album of 2014”. I just think –...
by cols61 | Mar 14, 2016 | Foreign Fiction, Reading
……………………………In the days since I finished reading Emma Hooper’s debut novel ‘Etta and Otto and Russell and James’, I’ve been wondering how to describe it……because it...
by cols61 | Mar 12, 2016 | Foreign Fiction, Reading
………………………………………… Just occassionally you read a book that not only resonates with you as a story, but it resonates with the world around you. Reading Marc Pastors novel...
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