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Recursion 

Author : Blake Crouch 

Published: 2019

Memory and time. Paradoxes and spirals.

Synopsis 73 words


08 Nov '21  

8 Nov '21

fiction

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 

Author : Olga Tokarczuk 

Published: 2009

Polish existential thriller

Synopsis 86 words


22 Oct '21  

22 Oct '21

fiction

Introduction to Systems Philosophy 
Toward a New Paradigm of Contemporary Thought

Author : Ervin Laszlo 

Published: 1972

How it all fits together as systems of systems


22 Oct '21

22 Oct '21

non-fiction

A Bit of a Stretch 
The diaries of a prisoner

Author : Chris Atkins 

Published: 2020

Diary of 12 months spent as a prisoner in Wandsworth by the author

Synopsis 26 words


13 Oct '21  

13 Oct '21

non-fiction

Middle England 
Rotters Club 3

Author : Jonathan Coe 

Published: 2019

2010-2017 for the middle classes of middle england

Synopsis 39 words


05 Oct '21  

5 Oct '21

fiction

Small Pleasures 

Author : Clare Chambers 

Published: 2020

1957 life in SE London/Kent

Synopsis 118 words


15 Sep '21  

15 Sep '21

fiction

The Last Kingdom 

Author : Bernard Cornwell 

Published: 2004

The wars between the Danes, the Saxons and the Britons as seen by a Northumberland lad.

Synopsis 56 words


15 Jun '21  

15 Jun '21

fiction

Shuggie Bain 

Author : Douglas Stuart 

Published: 2020

Single parent life from pov of mother and son in Glasgow 1980s

Synopsis 60 words


01 Jun '21  

1 Jun '21

fiction

The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax 

Author : Christopher Shevlin 

Published: 2011

Everyman Jonathon helps bring down the government by uncovering a conspiracy of corruption.


22 Apr '21  

22 Apr '21

fiction

Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency 
War Communism in the 21st Century

Author : Andreas Malm 

Published: 2020

Pulling together the strands of Covid19, ecological crisis and traditional marxist-lenninist analysis of the inherent contradictions of capitalism.


12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

non-fiction

Pine 

Author : Francine Toon 

Published: 2020

Crime or Horror or a simple Ghost Story through the eyse of a 10 year old girl.


23 Mar '21  

23 Mar '21

fiction

The Old Drift 

Author : Namwali Serpell 

Published: 2019

A saga of Zambia spanning the 20th Century and beyond.

Synopsis 53 words


02 Mar '21  

2 Mar '21

fiction

Borkmann’s Point 
Van Veeteren Book 2

Author : Hakan Nesser 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


21 Jan '21  

21 Jan '21

fiction

Entangled Life 
How fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures

Author : Merlin Sheldrake 

Published: 2020

An introduction to the world from the point of view of fungi. Symbiotic beings which live as a network.

Synopsis 107 words


21 Jan '21  

21 Jan '21

non-fiction

The Garden Jungle 
Gardening to Save the Planet

Author : Dave Goulson 

Published: 2019

The wildlife in the English garden explored. Be friends with your bugs and wee beasties. Plus recipes!


04 Jan '21  

4 Jan '21

non-fiction

The Case of Comrade Tulayev 

Author : Victor Serge 

Published: 1943

Life in the Soviet Union in the Party around 1938/9 and the during preceding 30 years

Synopsis 69 words


03 Jan '21  

3 Jan '21

fiction

Where the Crawdads Sing 

Author : Delia Owens 

Published: 2018

Girl child of 7 lives alone in the North Carolina marsh after her family all leave her abusive dad. Grows into a strange isolated young woman, who is taught by nature and the marsh.

Synopsis 406 words


26 Nov '20  

26 Nov '20

fiction

Little Siberia 

Author : Antti Tuomainen 

Published: 2000

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


16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

fiction

The King's Evil 

Author : Andrew Taylor 

Published: 2000

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.


16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

fiction

The Quarry 

Author : Iain Banks 

Published: 2000

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...


16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

fiction

The Book of Trespass 
Crossing the lines that divide us

Author : Nick Hayes 

Published: 2020

How we lost our land, and why, and why it matters.


15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

non-fiction

The Machine Stops 

Author : E M Forster 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


06 Jun '20

6 Jun '20

fiction

The Three Body Problem 

Author : Cixin Liu 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: From the Chinese Cultural Revolution to an alien invasion fleet due to arrive in 2450.

Synopsis 14 words


21 Apr '20  

21 Apr '20

fiction

The Fire Court 

Author : Andrew Taylor 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


03 Feb '20

3 Feb '20

fiction

The Mind’s Eye 
Van Veeteren Book 1

Author : Hakan Nesser 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


01 Jan '20

1 Jan '20

non-fiction