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Saturday 24th December 2022

2018

Unsheltered

Author : Barbara Kingsolver

Summary :
Twin stories from 1880s and 2010s of a house (possibly the same house) falling apart with the occupants lives.
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Rated by Roger CO, on 24 Dec 2022



Monday 28th November 2022

2019

Agent Running in the Field

Author : John le Carre

Summary :
Classic post-cold war spy story
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Rated by Roger CO, on 28 Nov 2022



Saturday 26th November 2022

2013

Original Language: English mins

Bleeding Edge

Author : Thomas Pynchon

Summary :
New York early noughties in aftermath of dot-com crash. Maxine, an unlicensed fraud investigator wanders through the wreckage.
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Rated by rogerco, on 26 Nov 2022

Review Summary :
New York in the aftermath of the dot-com crash of 2001 provides a natural landscape for Pynchon's


Thursday 1st September 2022

2007

The Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Author : Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Summary :
Complex and oddly written, but with some compelling ideas about the nature of the unexpected
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Rated by Roger CO, on 01 Sep 2022



Monday 15th August 2022

1945

Ross Poldark

Poldark Series Book 1

Author : Winston Graham

Summary :
Ross Poldark returms from soldiering in the American war of independance slightly wounded to ...
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Reviewed by rogerco, on 15 Aug 2022

Easy reading

A quick light read. Competently told story but without much edge. Routine characters without a lot of depth apart from Ross and Demelza. Not too sentimental.

Being set in Cornwall the whole "country house, bonnets" aspect is taken down a notch but is still tugging its forelock. The comedy servants in Ross's household (Jud and Prudie) are ridiculous. 

 



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