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Friday 13th October 2017

Summary :
Morgan is a 30 something diplomat in the British Commission in the second city of a west african ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 13 Oct 2017

Review of "A Good Man in Africa"

Billed as a comedy I think he was trying to do a "Scoop" but without the comic sense of Waugh. An ok story but not wholly satisfying



Wednesday 11th October 2017

2000

The Secret Pilgrim

unlisted author

Summary :
Ned's reminiscences as Smiley's protege over 30 years in "The Circus" prompted by Smiley's after ...

Rated by Roger, on 11 Oct 2017




Sunday 8th October 2017

Summary :
During french revolution boy witness murder of mother (a courtesan married and separated to an ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 08 Oct 2017

Review of "The Silent Boy"

Enjoyed it. Had hoped for more action in France but after the first chapter it moves to London and Somerset.



Friday 25th August 2017

Summary :
Story of a group of children and their upper middle class families growing up in late 19th and ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 25 Aug 2017

Review of "The Childrens Book"

Interminable. I persisted as there was just enough fruit in the stodge to keep me going but it was hardly worth it. The milieu - early fabian/socialist/arts and crafts movement was interesting. Very irritating in its background mix of real people and events with the fictional so that you are often not sure whether anecdotes and "facts" about the Fabians are really true or not.



Thursday 10th August 2017

2013

The Martian

Author : Andy Weir

Summary :
Astronaut inadvertently abandoned on Mars has to survive for 2 years to be rescued with food for 2 ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 10 Aug 2017

Review of "The Martian"

Really compelling read. Largely in the form of his personal log as a grapples with a series of minor and major setbacks. An engineers book,