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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Book Reviews
Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto — the idyll of childhood
Goodbye Tsugumi is a coming of age novel and the lives of two girls who come together for one last holiday at the seaside
Read moreMy Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin — stark choice of career or marriage
Every time I picked up my copy of My Brilliant Career, instead of delving straight into the narrative, I found
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When The Last Thing You Want To Do Is Write That Book Review
Tell me if this ever happens to you. You open your blog programme intending to write a book review. But
Read moreThe Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan – life or death questions
In Charlotte Rogan’s debut novel, a disparate group of passengers from a luxury ocean liner are squashed in a small lifeboat
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