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posted on 19 May 2009 in Books
This is the second book I've read from Fyodor Dostoevksy (Crime and Punishment being the first) - and already he is one of my favourite authors - up there in strange company with Martin Amis and Will ...more info>>> |
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posted on 30 March 2009 in Books
***CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS***
This story starts out with two very dispirate threads; one follows Peter, living in Chicago, who is reluctant to settle down. He picks up women in ba...more info>>> |
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posted on 14 March 2009 in Books
Tony Parsons wrote a great book called "Man and Boy" back in 2001, and returns to the same blueprint with My Favourite Wife - a story of a man putting his marriage in jeopardy by having an affair.
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posted on 3 March 2009 in Books
I'd heard many good things about Philip Roth, so I decided to buy "Exit Ghost" - it's a fairly slim novel so if I hated it I wouldn't be wasting too much of my time. It turned out to be a good read. ...more info>>> |
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posted on 27 February 2009 in Books
This is a very seductive book: no matter what page you flip to, you can get immersed in the narrative. This is what tempted me to buy it - I thought, gee this is gonna be a masterpiece!
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posted on 23 February 2009 in Books
The story is based in and around Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok - a road that conjours up images of fat pale men drinking mid-morning beers, craning their necks to the sports channel. Another image is of fa...more info>>> |
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