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Monday 16th November 2020

2000

Original Language: Finnish mins

Little Siberia

Author : Antti Tuomainen

Summary :
Maybe the original Finnish Noir - with all the confusing events and comedy moments that noir fiction should have. Set in a small town in northern Finland where the village priest has to take on a role guarding a meteorite and working out WTF is going on a

Rated by rogerco, on 16 Nov 2020




Monday 16th November 2020

2000

Original Language: English mins

The King's Evil

Author : Andrew Taylor

Summary :
The third (?and final) part of the Marwood trilogy concerning the intertwining lives of James Marwood and Kate/Jane Lovett in London after the Great Fire.

Rated by rogerco, on 16 Nov 2020




Monday 16th November 2020

2000

Original Language: English mins

The Quarry

Author : Iain Banks

Summary :
Of middle class friends and family. A dying (young) father assembles his old Uni pals for a farewell observed by his teenage son. The past is not perhaps as consequential as it seems...

Rated by rogerco, on 16 Nov 2020




Tuesday 15th September 2020

2020

Original Language: English mins

The Book of Trespass

Crossing the lines that divide us

Author : Nick Hayes

Summary :
How we lost our land, and why, and why it matters.
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Rated by rogerco, on 15 Sep 2020




Saturday 6th June 2020

Rated by rogerco, on 06 Jun 2020