0646 | 10:04 | Ben Lerner
Life’s too short to figure out books like Lerner’s. It’s not hard to read. It’s not actually anything except an attempt by a man to show us he understands the…
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0532 | The Marble Faun | Nathaniel Hawthorne
This was a grind. I really don’t have much time for Hawthorne and this was a bad Hawthorne. On the surface, this is about a group of USAnian young people who spend time in…
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0374 | The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe
Context: Started reading this on the last few days we had in Kokopo with its fabulous market – easily the best in PNG. REVIEW Boy that was awful. Awwwwwww. Ful….
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0252 | Cranford – Elizabeth Gaskell
Context: Finished off while driving down to Reading to pick up the wife from a friend’s place. REVIEW The 1001 Books list has totally changed the way I read novels….
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0234 | The Story of the Eye – Georges Bataille
Context: One of four books I finished in a day in bed in Stockton. Not feeling great. REVIEW This is a disturbing book. Of that, there is no doubt. Quite…
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0223 | The Coast Watchers – Eric Feldt
Context: finished this off at the desk where I’m doing my research job downstairs at 77 Field View. REVIEW This book tells the story of the Coast Watchers, a group…
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0209 | Fathers & Sons – Ivan Turgenev
Context: finished this off on a 2 mile run with a lovely sunset and autumn breeze in my face. REVIEW I’ve not read a Russian novel that has disappointed me….
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0088 | Vathek – William Beckford
Context: read this on the train to St Petersburg from Moscow REVIEW A bonkers adventure really of Vathek’s passion ending predictably enough.
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0065 | Underworld ~ Don DeLillo
REVIEW Having got to the end of this finally last night, I can be very glad of one thing: I can speed-read. This has to be one of the most…