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Review of "The Girl Who Played with Fire"  

by: Roger

The Girl Who Played with Fire  

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on: 24 Feb 2013

Review extract: Took a while to get into but mercifully less graphic sexual violence ethan the first book although still there as a strong undercurrent. ...

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rating of "The Song of Achilles"  

by: Roger

The Song of Achilles  

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on: 17 Feb 2013

No summary or review available

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Review of "The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared"  

by: Roger

The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared  

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on: 12 Jan 2013

Review extract: Hilarious and compelling. ...

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Review of "The Last Englishman"  

by: Roger

The Last Englishman  

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on: 04 Jan 2013

Review extract: Fascinating story, a whole new angle on the Russian revolution of 1917-1924 plus background to the nice perfection of Swallows and Amazons

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rating of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"  

by: Roger

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  

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on: 15 Dec 2012

No summary or review available

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Review of "Kind of Cruel"  

by: Roger

Kind of Cruel  

on: 14 Dec 2012

Review extract: Complete rubbish which Jane bought by mistake on Amazon. ...

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Review of "Shieldwall"  

by: Roger

Shieldwall  

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on: 06 Dec 2012

Review extract: By comparison with Wold Hall which I just finished this is a complete load of c**p. ...

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Review of "Wolf Hall"  

by: Roger

Wolf Hall  

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on: 24 Nov 2012

Review extract: Two minor annoyances - the way it is written makes it hard sometimes to work out who is speaking, and the story of Cromwell has little dramatic tension - he just rises. ...

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Review of "Chavs"  

by: Roger

Chavs  

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on: 10 Nov 2012

Review extract: Yes, I agree. ...

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Review of "The Great Night"  

by: Roger

The Great Night  

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on: 03 Oct 2012

Review extract: and they kept on dancing, though the band's all packed and gone - were they every here at all, but they kept on dancing ...

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Review of "Goethe's Science of Living Form"  

by: Roger

Goethe's Science of Living Form  

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on: 25 Sep 2012

Review extract: Interesting way of going beyond intelectual scientific alienation from the subject (cf the Theodore Roszak book)

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Review of "The Blue Fox"  

by: Roger

The Blue Fox  

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on: 20 Sep 2012

Review extract: Short, slightly poetic, hard life in snowy wastes of iceland

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Review of "Ragnarok: the End of the Gods"  

by: Roger

Ragnarok: the End of the Gods  

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on: 13 Sep 2012

Review extract: not as good as I had hoped

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Review of "Where the Wasteland Ends"  

by: Roger

Where the Wasteland Ends  

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on: 28 Aug 2012

Review extract: An important book. ...

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rating of "The Book of Lies"  

by: Roger

The Book of Lies  

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on: 10 Aug 2012

No summary or review available

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Review of "This Is Paradise"  

by: Roger

This Is Paradise  

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on: 22 Jul 2012

Review extract: took a bit of getting into at first as wasn't sure why I was reading it or what it was about but once there found it very compelling and strangely beautiful writing about alzheimers and death.

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rating of "Angelmaker"  

by: Roger

Angelmaker  

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on: 09 Jun 2012

No summary or review available

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Review of "Trusted Mole"  

by: Roger

Trusted Mole  

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on: 19 May 2012

Review extract: Absolutely gripping account of a nasty war (aren't they all)

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Review of "The Prague Cemetary"  

by: Roger

The Prague Cemetary  

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on: 03 May 2012

Review extract: Fascinating weaving of a tale intersecting with truth and history. ...

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Review of "The Etymologicon"  

by: Roger

The Etymologicon  

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on: 22 Apr 2012

Review extract: Entertaining and informative

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Review of "The Maintenance of Headway"  

by: Roger

The Maintenance of Headway  

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on: 21 Apr 2012

Review extract: An excellent companion to Dear Granny Smith as the voice of the worker at the sharp end of delivering a srvice which we all have used

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Review of "To Live Outside The Law"  

by: Roger

To Live Outside The Law  

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on: 16 Mar 2012

Review extract: An amazing engaging story with many points of contact

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Review of "Sherston's Progress"  

by: Roger

Sherston's Progress  

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on: 05 Mar 2012

Review extract: Extraordinary

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Review of "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer"  

by: Roger

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer  

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on: 20 Feb 2012

Review extract: Extraordinary

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Review of "The Anatomy of Ghosts"  

by: Roger

The Anatomy of Ghosts  

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on: 28 Jan 2012

Review extract: Shades of Name of the Rose as our hero uncovers a mystery within a mystery. ...

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