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Eduardo Mendoza: No Word from Gurb / The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt
It was Stewart from Booklit wot did it! His review of No Word From Gurb impossible to ignore. Seeking some gender balance in the midst of my Orangeathon, I dived in. I haven’t laughed as hard … more →
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Omega Minor: The Final Verdict
wrote 5 months ago: I finally finished Paul Verhaeghen’s Omega Minor last night, at about 3 in the morning, utterl … more →
Eduardo Mendoza: No Word from Gurb / The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt
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wrote 6 months ago: It was Stewart from Booklit wot did it! His review of No Word From Gurb impossible to ignore. Seek … more →
The Crossroads - Niccolo Ammaniti
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wrote 11 months ago: Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Canongate Books (8 Jan 2009) Language English ISBN-10: 1847670377 IS … more →
I'm Not Scared - Niccolo Ammaniti
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wrote 1 year ago: You heard me. I’m not scared ….. just slightly terrified! I have allowed myself to be … more →
TSS on TSS: The Grasshopper - Anton Chekhov
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wrote 1 year ago: (T)he (S)hort (S)tory on (T)he (S)unday (S)alon The Grasshopper by Anton Chekhov (1892) Extracted fr … more →
Something very, very special for Post 200
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wrote 1 year ago: Lizzy’s Literary Life is 200 posts old today. Does that mean that Lizzy has now outgrown chil … more →
The Bachelors - Adalbert Stifter
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wrote 1 year ago: It was with high anticipation that I opened this book expecting the action to transport me to my fav … more →
A-Z Shorter Fiction: The Overcoat - Nikolai Gogol
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wrote 1 year ago: In one of our government departments … but perhaps I had better not say exactly which one. Fo … more →
TSS on TSS (2) : Burning Secret - Stefan Zweig
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wrote 1 year ago: T(he) S(hort) S(tory) – well, really novella – on T(he) S(unday) S(alon) A few months ag … more →
Lorraine Connection - Dominique Manotti
wrote 1 year ago: Duncan Lawrie International Dagger Winner 2008 Two years ago Dominique Manotti was shortlisted for t … more →
The Ice Princess - Camilla Läckberg
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wrote 1 year ago: The Scandinavian assault on the British crime market continues with new (to me) authors arriving on … more →
The Man In The Window - K O Dahl
wrote 1 year ago: ISBN: 0571232914 / 978057123291 Publication Date (UK): 1.05.2008 Review copy The Man in the Window … more →
The Book of Words - Jenny Erpenbeck
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wrote 1 year ago: Language becomes distorted in a totalitarian state. Victims thrown from planes are “flotsam … more →
Dying / Fraulein Else - Arthur Schnitzler
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wrote 2 years ago: If The Asylum and Dovegreyreader can be seduced by the dinky handful of perfection that is a Pushkin … more →
Dutch Masters: The Darkroom of Damocles - W F Hermans
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wrote 2 years ago: Published in Dutch 1958. Translation 2007 Ina Rilke. I don’t often go to book stores these da … more →
Neglected Classics
wrote 2 years ago: Having been a little disillusioned with the Guardian books blog of late – heated debate about … more →
Viking Invasion .... Cancelled!
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wrote 2 years ago: Scandanavian crime is in a class of its own. One of the highlights for me at this year’s Edin … more →
Tutoyer and the Touch of an Arm
wrote 2 years ago: I found this debate courtesy of Mark over at ReadySteadyBook. There’s a discussion on Languag … more →
Chinese Whispers
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wrote 2 years ago: Now that we’re over the hump and hurtling towards the weekend, allow me to dampen your spirits … more →
