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Sunday 6th March 2016

2000

The Heart Goes Last

Author : Margaret Atwood

Summary :
Post the next crash a couple forced to live in their car in the NE USA stumble into a final ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 06 Mar 2016

Review of "The Heart Goes Last"

Simply awful. Bad plot, bad characterisation, bad dialogue, bad sex, bad ideas. Not funny. Not clever. Not interesting. The decline of a once great author. Sad and totally pointless


Friday 4th March 2016

1967

The Man Who Went Up In Smoke

Authors : Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo

Summary :
Martin Beck Sweedish detective investigates the disappearance of a journalist on assignment in ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 04 Mar 2016

Review of "The Man Who Went Up In Smoke"

Very pleasing, interesting characters and good plotline


Sunday 28th February 2016

2014

The Bone Clocks

Author : David Mitchell

Summary :
precognition, transmigration of souls, hermetic sects, ancient guardians, working class gravesend, ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 28 Feb 2016

Review of "The Bone Clocks"

yes - first episode excelent (gravesend), second ok (cambridge), third worse (alps), writer tedious hack, then a bit of wierdness, and a coda that comes back to form.


Thursday 25th February 2016

2015

Crow Hollow

Author : Michael Wallace

Summary :
17th Century Boston. ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 25 Feb 2016

Review of "Crow Hollow"

Enjoyable read. Plot largely predictable with a couple of minor twists


Friday 19th February 2016

1948

No Picnic on Mount Kenya

Authors : Felice Benazzi, Felice Benuzzi

Summary :
Italian prisoners of war in East Africa escape to climb Mount Kenya

Reviewed by Roger, on 19 Feb 2016

Review of "No Picnic on Mount Kenya"

Engrossing story of three men coming together to defeat the ennui of prison camp life by undertaking an extraordinary challenge


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