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Thursday 3rd December 2009

2006

Against the Day

Author : Thomas Pynchon

Summary :
The ultimate shaggy dog story spun in reams of flighty prose obsessive detail and incomprehensible ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 03 Dec 2009

Review of "Against the Day"

The great Tristram Shandy updated and expanded to cover the lives and loves of the Traverse family scions of Webb the anarchist. Resolutions and explanations rendered obselete by the flowing of a great river which carries on as we scramble to the bank and shake the last drops off our bodies.


Thursday 1st October 2009

2008

The Transition Handbook

Author : Rob Hopkins

Rated by Roger, on 01 Oct 2009



Monday 1st June 2009

2009

Green Economics

Author : Molly Scott Cato

Rated by Roger, on 01 Jun 2009



Wednesday 24th December 2008

2007

The Steep Approach to Garbadale

Author : Iain Banks

Summary :
Story of a family who publish a very successful board game and one member's discovery of his true ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 24 Dec 2008

Review of "The Steep Approach to Garbadale"

Great read, interweaving the present (200x) with the early 80s and the early 90s to uncover the dark secret of Alban's past. Central characters (Alban, Fielding, Sophie) easy to identify with, although some of the peripherals a bit sketchly drawn. (Hydan, Blake, Lauren)


Monday 22nd December 2008

2007

Then We Came to the End

Author : Joshua Ferris

Summary :
Work story about an Ad Agency in New York facing gradual cuts and redundancies as work dries up

Reviewed by Roger, on 22 Dec 2008

Review of "Then We Came to the End"

Very funny and true to life


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