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Review: Hitch-22, by Christopher Hitchens

‘The beginning (unless you’re Kurt Vonnegut or perhaps Martin Amis) is invariably a strong position from which to start.’

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Review: Bring up the bodies, by Hilary Mantel

‘Hilary Mantel’s successes lay as much in the depth of character she presents in her main protagonist, as in her unique handling of such famous narrative.’

Anne Boleyn, Bring up the Bodies, Fiction, Henry VIII, Hilary Mantel, literature, Review, Thomas Cromwell

Review: Stoner, by John Williams

‘I didn’t like him at first. John Williams that is, not William Stoner.’

Books, john williams, novel, Review, stoner

Review: In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote

‘Tragic, sympathetic, human and terrifying in equal measures. Frankly, I’ve never read a book quite like it.’

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Recent reading, ratings & reviews

Reviews in brief of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, and others’

Big Sleep, Chinua Achebe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby, Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, Raymond Chandler, Review, Things Fall Apart

Review: ‘NW’, by Zadie Smith

An unconventional, stylish stroll through north-west London with three wonderfully constructed, yet fundamentally flawed native thirty-somethings as our guide.

Books, Fiction, literature, NW, Review, Zadie Smith

Review: ‘Antwerp’, by Roberto Bolano

‘A confusing and unsettling journey into Spain’s criminal underworld guided by a unique and improvisational voice.’

Antwerp, Books, Fiction, literature, Review, Roberto Bolano

Review: ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’, by Ernest Hemingway

‘A stunning and picturesque critique on the futility and irony of war.’

Books, Fiction, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway, literature, Review

Review: ‘Provided You Don’t Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough’, by Duncan Hamilton

A stunning, no punches pulled personal account of the best manager England never had.

Books, Brian Clough, Duncan Hamilton, football, Provided you don't kiss me, Review

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