Topic: Published 1945-1999
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higgis posted a blog entry
The Counterlife by Philip Roth (James’s book 54, 2009)
The Counterlife is the fifth part of Roth’s Nathan Zuckerman series, and is by far the most ambitious and complex of...
The Counterlife is the fifth part of Roth’s Nathan Zuckerman series, and is by far the most ambitious and complex of...
higgis posted a blog entry
Rabbit Redux by John Updike (James’s book 50, 2009)
Rabbit Redux is the second instalment in John Updike’s quartet of novels centred on Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom....
Rabbit Redux is the second instalment in John Updike’s quartet of novels centred on Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom....
higgis posted a blog entry
Rabbit, Run by John Updike (James’s book 49, 2009)
Updike’s Rabbit novels are his most famous and highly regarded books. He started Rabbit, Run, the first of the four...
Updike’s Rabbit novels are his most famous and highly regarded books. He started Rabbit, Run, the first of the four...
higgis posted a blog entry
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada (James’s book 39, 2009)
Alone in Berlin imagines a resistance to Hitler consisting of a husband and wife team who write and distribute handwritten...
Alone in Berlin imagines a resistance to Hitler consisting of a husband and wife team who write and distribute handwritten...
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The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (James’s book 37, 2009)
I had never heard of Clarice Lispector until I read Lorrie Moore’s review of Benjamin Moser’s recent biography of...
I had never heard of Clarice Lispector until I read Lorrie Moore’s review of Benjamin Moser’s recent biography of...
higgis posted a blog entry
The File by Timothy Garton Ash (James’s book 36, 2009)
The File is Timothy Garton Ash’s attempt to understand how the Stasi worked, through examining the file that they kept on...
The File is Timothy Garton Ash’s attempt to understand how the Stasi worked, through examining the file that they kept on...
higgis posted a blog entry
Trilogy by Marguerite Duras (James’s book 33, 2009)
The three novellas collected in this volume are very different, but each is fascinating in its own way. Least successful...
The three novellas collected in this volume are very different, but each is fascinating in its own way. Least successful...
higgis posted a blog entry
Mexico Set by Len Deighton (Ian’s book 14, 2009)
There are more spoilers below. Go and read the books first if you’re going to, I’ll ruin it for you...
There are more spoilers below. Go and read the books first if you’re going to, I’ll ruin it for you...
higgis posted a blog entry
The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas (James’s book 29, 2009)
The White Hotel has been on my reading list for years and years. My English teacher at school in the 80s was always on about...
The White Hotel has been on my reading list for years and years. My English teacher at school in the 80s was always on about...
higgis posted a blog entry
Berlin Game by Len Deighton (Ian’s book 13, 2009)
Great book. To discuss it all I’m going to have to give away bits of the ending and things that happen along the way, and...
Great book. To discuss it all I’m going to have to give away bits of the ending and things that happen along the way, and...
higgis posted a blog entry
Boyhood by J.M. Coetzee (James’s book 24, 2009)
J.M. Coetzee is possibly the greatest writer working in the English language at the moment. Unaccountably, his brilliant...
J.M. Coetzee is possibly the greatest writer working in the English language at the moment. Unaccountably, his brilliant...
higgis posted a blog entry
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (Shane’s book 22, 2009)
The Kublai Khan sits in his garden while Marco Polo regales him with descriptions of the strange and wonderful cities he has...
The Kublai Khan sits in his garden while Marco Polo regales him with descriptions of the strange and wonderful cities he has...
