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Sunday 2nd November 2014

2014

The Wake

Author : Paul Kingsnorth

Summary :
Buccmaster leads a war band of Greene Men against the French invaders in 1066-68.
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Reviewed by Roger, on 02 Nov 2014

Review of "The Wake"

Written in a meta-language based on anglo-saxon adjusted to make it readable to a modern English reader. The rhythms of the speech drive the world-view of the characters (or vice-versa) which allows us to get an intense picture of what life might have been like in such a situation. The flawed leader, Buccmaster, is the centre around which te book revolves..



Wednesday 15th October 2014

Summary :
Each of the 12 maps is used to centre a discussion on aspects of world-view at the time it was ...
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Reviewed by Roger, on 15 Oct 2014

Review of "A History of the World in Twelve Maps"

At first seemed a little slow but led to a deeper understanding of how a map is a cultural phenonium and always has a political and historical dimension and no map can ever be complete or objective



Saturday 11th October 2014

2014

Only Planet

Author : Ed Gillespie

Summary :
Travelling around the world by surface transport with reflections on environmentalism

Reviewed by Roger, on 11 Oct 2014

Review of "Only Planet"

Very good, enjoyable to read and interesting. Wanted more detail in some places but a good summary of a slow-travel round the world. Makes me wonder what the book that Matt Wooton would have written would have been like.



Saturday 27th September 2014

Summary :
Spy, history, family mystery. ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 27 Sep 2014

Review of "A Place of Strangers"

Bit of a boys book probably. Quite a good read with very surprising ending on the last page



Wednesday 24th September 2014

Summary :
Oirish tale drawing on the experience of the awful catholic orphanages and the devastation they ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 24 Sep 2014

Review of "The Misremembered Man"

The ending was visible from half way through, if not earlier, but that didn't really spoil it. Jamie finds the love in his life just in time and is (spoiler alert) reunitied with his sister who the nuns declared had died.