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Tuesday 1st October 1996

1995

Whit

Author : Iain Banks

Summary :
girl discovering some tings about the sect she has been born into as she ventures into the outside ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Oct 1996

Review of "Whit"

a novel view of contemporary life from an outside perspective as well as a rattling good yarn


Sunday 1st September 1996

1995

The Ghost Road

Author : Pat Barker

Summary :
WW1 officer recovering from shell shock and returning to France for 4th time intercut with the ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Sep 1996

Review of "The Ghost Road"

Excellent powerful compelling tragic insightful


Saturday 1st June 1996

1995

Therapy

Author : David Lodge

Summary :
Crisis of a successful man

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 Jun 1996

Review of "Therapy"

Written as a journal as he explores his boring self obsession and tries Kierkergaard. Gave impression of being written to a formula research a bit of this and drop it in Annoying


Wednesday 1st May 1996

1992

The Triple Mirror of the Self

Author : Zulfikar Ghose

Summary :
muddled chronology of life of Indian boy growing through British youth to American adult and ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 01 May 1996

Review of "The Triple Mirror of the Self"

A bit ponderous/portentous to start with improving in the middle but tailing off in a long end section about Bombay boyhood


Wednesday 3rd April 1996

1984

Bright Lights – Big City

unlisted author

Summary :
Narrator voyages through NewYork nightlife topnotchdeadend day job fact checking magazine ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 03 Apr 1996

Review of "Bright Lights – Big City"

Yeah a good fast enjoyable read even without the direct empathy


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