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rating of "Night Train to Lisbon"  

by: Roger

Night Train to Lisbon  

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on: 05 Feb 2010

No summary or review available

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Review of "A Most Wanted Man"  

by: Roger

A Most Wanted Man  

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on: 05 Jan 2010

Review extract: Gripping read right up until the end which was strangely unsatisfying - simplistic and arbitary

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Review of "The Road Home"  

by: Roger

The Road Home  

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on: 01 Jan 2010

Review extract: Very engrossing read, totally invoved in Lev's journey - and not everything comes right in the end which is quite satisfying.

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Review of "Matter"  

by: Roger

Matter  

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on: 21 Dec 2009

Review extract: All the grand sweep that you expect from these books with some interesting ideas (Shellworlds) and crosslinks between the mundane savage emerging civilisations and the overarching galactic Culture with hints of things beyond even that. ...

Full review 56 words

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Review of "When Will There Be Good News?"  

by: Roger

When Will There Be Good News?  

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on: 09 Dec 2009

Review extract: Enjoyable read but perhaps too many cross linking plot lines interwoven to ever be fully satisfactory

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Review of "Against the Day"  

by: Roger

Against the Day  

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on: 03 Dec 2009

Review extract: The great Tristram Shandy updated and expanded to cover the lives and loves of the Traverse family scions of Webb the anarchist. ...

Full review 51 words

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rating of "The Transition Handbook"  

by: Roger

The Transition Handbook  

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on: 01 Oct 2009

No summary or review available

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rating of "Green Economics"  

by: Roger

Green Economics  

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on: 01 Jun 2009

No summary or review available

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Review of "The Steep Approach to Garbadale"  

by: Roger

The Steep Approach to Garbadale  

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on: 24 Dec 2008

Review extract: Great read, interweaving the present (200x) with the early 80s and the early 90s to uncover the dark secret of Alban's past. ...

Full review 43 words

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Review of "Then We Came to the End"  

by: Roger

Then We Came to the End  

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on: 22 Dec 2008

Review extract: Very funny and true to life

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rating of "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell"  

by: rogerco

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell  

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on: 01 Jan 2008

No summary or review available

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Review of "The Secret River"  

by: Roger

The Secret River  

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on: 01 Jan 2007

Review extract: excellent

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rating of "The Road"  

by: rogerco

The Road  

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on: 01 Jan 2007

No summary or review available

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Review of "Cloud Atlas"  

by: Roger

Cloud Atlas  

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on: 01 Jan 2006

Review extract: Why are we how we are. ...

Full review 39 words

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Review of "The Fourth Hand"  

by: Roger

The Fourth Hand  

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on: 01 Apr 2004

Review extract: good read interesting writing style

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Review of "What I Loved"  

by: Roger

What I Loved  

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on: 01 Mar 2004

Review extract: weakness in failure to resolve the enigma of painter's son but otherwise gripping

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Review of "Look To Windward"  

by: Roger

Look To Windward  

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on: 01 Feb 2004

Review extract: same extraordinary vision & scope as the novels set in present

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Review of "Riding High"  

by: Roger

Riding High  

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on: 01 Feb 2004

Review extract: interesting but not very engagingly written

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Review of "Close Range"  

by: Roger

Close Range  

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on: 01 Jan 2004

Review extract: absolutely brilliant writing

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Review of "Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps"  

by: Roger

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps  

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on: 01 Dec 2003

Review extract: readable (laugh out loud on train) & interesting

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rating of "Fever Pitch"  

by: Roger

Fever Pitch  

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on: 01 Nov 2003

No summary or review available

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Review of "Baudolino"  

by: Roger

Baudolino  

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on: 01 Oct 2003

Review extract: i enjoyed the historical bits but found some of the excesses of fantasy in the search for the land of Prester John a bit wearing in other words the bits like Name Of Rose good the bits like Island Of Day Before bad

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Review of "If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things"  

by: Roger

If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things  

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on: 01 Oct 2003

Review extract: poetic & lyrical description of an emotional world intersecting with the physical one

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Review of "Life Of Pi"  

by: Roger

Life Of Pi  

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on: 01 Oct 2003

Review extract: fantastic

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Review of "Postcards"  

by: Roger

Postcards  

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on: 01 Oct 2003

Review extract: i think this is her best combining the breadth of vision of Accordion Crimes with the emotional intensity of Shipping News

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