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Month: February 2020

February 27, 2020

Square Haunting by Francesca Wade

Review by Karen Langley “Square Haunting” was published to much fanfare and acclaim recently; a book which looks at the lives of five notable…

February 25, 2020

Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton

Review by Annabel Anyone who works in a school these days will be familiar with ‘lockdown’ procedures, with code reds being the ones you…

February 25, 2020

Business as Usual by Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford

Reviewed by Ali Business as Usual is an early work from the formidably productive writing partnership of Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford (both pseudonyms) –…

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February 20, 2020

Snow, Dog, Foot by Claudio Morandini

Translated by J. Ockenden Reviewed by Rebecca Foster Who could resist the title of this Italian bestseller? A black comedy about a hermit in…

February 20, 2020

Kallocain by Karin Boye

Translated by David McDuff Review by Karen Langley Our modern world often seems to be getting very close to a dystopian nightmare, and most…

February 18, 2020

My Caravaggio Style by Doris Langley Moore

Review by Simon It’s always exciting when Dean Street Press announce the next batch of novels in their Furrowed Middlebrow series, chosen by Scott…

February 13, 2020

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

Review by Laura Tisdall Jai is nine years old and lives with his family in the slums of New Delhi. He loves watching reality…

February 13, 2020

Veronica by Veronica Lake

Reviewed by Harriet I wonder how many people today have even heard of Veronica Lake. There was a time, though a relatively brief one,…

February 11, 2020

It Would be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo

Translated by Elizabeth Bryer Reviewed by Susan Osborne Venezuelan writer Karina Sainz Borgo’s It Would Be Night in Caracas is one of three novels…

February 11, 2020

Abigail by Magda Szabo

Translated by Len Rix Reviewed by Harriet This novel, by the award-winning Hungarian novelist Magda Szabo, was first published in 1970. However, it is…

February 6, 2020

Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin by Clive James

Review by Karen Langley My love of the poetry of Philip Larkin is no secret; I’ve written about him numerous times on my own…

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February 5, 2020

Learning Languages in Early Modern England by John Gallagher

Review by Liz Dexter Has it ever struck you that before England obtained its empire, no one else in the world bothered to speak…

February 4, 2020

Postscript to Poison & Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers

Reviewed by Harriet I have a special liking for vintage crime novels and am always pleased when I discover an author previously unknown to…

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