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Tuesday 1st July 2014

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Waiting for Sunrise

Author : William Boyd

Summary :
Spying in the first world war era

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Jul 2014

Review of "Waiting for Sunrise"

Young man in Vienna for 'treatment' t hands of one of Freud's disciples gets involved with artist and entrapped then helped by British consulate. Subsequently to repay his debt gets involved in spy game.


Tuesday 1st July 2014

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Crossing

Author : Andrew Xia Fukuda

Summary :
Chinese immigrant boy in America school as outsider. ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Jul 2014

Review of "Crossing"

Slightly mixed up as can't decide whether the main focus is the murder mystery or the story of the outsider, but quite an enjoyable read


Sunday 29th June 2014

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Communities That Abide

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Summary :
A short collection of essays around the theme of tools and techniques that create lasting ...
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Reviewed by Roger, on 29 Jun 2014

Review of "Communities That Abide"

Useful counterpoint to the review of 1960's communes by Keith Melville (Communes in the Counter Culture) Dimitry's own contribution sets out the core ideas well. Of the other essays the two contributions on health and medicine are well worth keeping.


Thursday 26th June 2014

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Life After Life

Author : Kate Atkinson

Summary :
Born in 1910, with various terminating points (the darkness fell) and then restarting the story of ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 26 Jun 2014

Review of "Life After Life"

Very annoying structure - the continual restarting (and the darkness fell) was extremely irritating and pointless or a lazy way out for an author who had written herself into a corner, and I didn't have much sympathy for the unbearably middle class family background.


Monday 23rd June 2014

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Artemis Fowl

Author : Eoin Colfer

Summary :
Boy genius tangles with faries in attempt to steal their gold for his evil plans

Reviewed by Roger, on 23 Jun 2014

Review of "Artemis Fowl"

Entertaining book for teenagers (with occasional nods to a more adult reader). Good evocation of the organisation and technology of the fairy world below ground


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