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Review of ‘The Mystery of Henri Pick’ by David Foenkinos

25/09/2023 nsford Leave a comment

A quirky contemporary novel about literature and relationships, the book is not in the mystery genre, although it does have…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Foenkinos, fiction, reviews, translations

Review of ‘The Girls of Slender Means’ by Muriel Spark

23/09/2023 nsford Leave a comment

I had no idea where the plot of this slender novel was going. I like books which are surprising and…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, fiction, Muriel Spark, reviews

Review of ‘Mrs Narwhal’s Diary’ by S J Norbury

16/08/2023 nsford Leave a comment

A strange reading experience. I wasn’t sure if the novel was supposed to be a parody of E M Delafield’s…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, S J Norbury

Film of the book: ‘How Green Was My Valley’ (1941)

09/08/2023 nsford Leave a comment

Richard Llewellyn’s bestselling 1939 novel was quickly adapted for film, directed by John Ford. It actually beat Citizen Kane in…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: classics, fiction, films, reviews, Richard Llewellyn

Review of ‘Go Ask Alice’ by Anonymous

04/08/2023 nsford 5 Comments

I’d heard of this controversial book but somehow never read it before. I found it in a charity shop and…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, memoir, reviews

Review of ‘Eve Green’ by Susan Fletcher

11/07/2023 nsford Leave a comment

This book won the Whitbread First Novel Award in 2004. Well-deserved, I say. The author was in her twenties at…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Susan Fletcher

Review of ‘Living in the Maniototo’ by Janet Frame

07/07/2023 nsford Leave a comment

Janet Frame’s work is interesting, but I don’t always enjoy it. This is the third of her books I’ve read,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, Janet Frame, reviews

Review of ‘Trapped In An 80s Teen Movie’ by Michelle Duffy

05/07/2023 nsford 2 Comments

This fun, heart-warming read will make you want to re-watch films such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Weird…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, films, Michelle Duffy, reviews

Review of ‘Piranesi’ by Susanna Clarke

03/07/2023 nsford Leave a comment

Everyone was talking about this book in 2020, when it was first published. Since then, it has won the Women’s…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Susanna Clarke

Review of ‘Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky’ by Chris Greenhalgh

25/06/2023 nsford Leave a comment

This novel about two very interesting pioneers, fashion designer Chanel and composer Stravinsky, sounded promising. It turned out to be…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Chris Greenhalgh, fiction, reviews

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