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High Spirits, by Robertson Davies
Although we generally associate ghost stories with Halloween and October, there is a long tradition in Great Britain of telling ghost stories around the Christmas season. Charles Dickens’ A Chri… more →
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High Spirits, by Robertson Davies
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Barry wrote 1 month ago: Although we generally associate ghost stories with Halloween and October, there is a long tradition … more →
Deaf Sentence, by David Lodge
Barry wrote 11 months ago: If you enjoy sharp-witted and sometimes dark-edged novels about academia, you probably are familiar … more →
Back to School?
bookgoddess wrote 1 year ago: Are you glad to be out of school, or do you sometimes yearn to be registering for classes and buying … more →
The Lyre of Orpheus, by Robertson Davies
Barry wrote 2 years ago: Davies’s The Lyre of Orpheus is the final book in the Cornish Trilogy, whose first and third b … more →
Rookery Blues, by Jon Hassler
Barry wrote 2 years ago: Writing about the other fine arts is one of the most challenging things to pull off. Whether it is m … more →
Portuguese Irregular Verbs, by Alexander McCall Smith
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Jessica wrote 2 years ago: For the second entry in my week of humor books, I’m going to do something very stupid. I am going to … more →
Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers
jinker wrote 2 years ago: I love those Golden Age mysteries! I particularly love Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey series because she … more →
The Lecturer’s Tale, by James Hynes
Barry wrote 2 years ago: James Hynes is a master of the macabre, and in The Lecturer’s Tale he turns his eye on the Eng … more →
