The Comforters by Muriel Spark — this way confusion lies #throwbackthursday
The Comforters was a disappointment. Flashes of humour that wouldn’t be out of place in an Ealing comedy didn’t make up for a confusing plot.
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Scottish authors
The Cone Gatherers by Robin Jenkins — good versus evil among the treetops
I’d never heard of The Cone Gatherers until I joined Paul Cuddihy on his Read All About It podcast and
Read MoreDullest Book Of The Year: Love Is Blind by William Boyd
Dull. Dreary. Dry. These are not words I would ever have expected to use to describe a novel by William
Read MoreIs The Franchise Affair the perfect crime novel? [review]
A master class in mystery writing this is a novel from the 1940s whose issues are just as relevant today
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His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet is an intriguing b blend of historical fiction and crime in the highlands of Scotland
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