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Blasts from the Past: The Prince of West End Avenue by Alan Isler (1994)

This is the latest in a series of occasional posts featuring books I read years ago about which I was wildly enthusiastic at the time, wanting to press a copy in as many hands as I could. When I considered The Prince of West End Avenue for a Blast from the Past post, I half […]

Cover image for Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

Paperbacks to Look Out For in March 2021: Part One

15 February 2021 / 16 Comments

March’s first batch of paperbacks kicks off with two excellent Irish novels, both of which I’ve read beginning with Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times. Set in Hong Kong, it explores the supremely dysfunctional relationship between Ava and Julian. Ava is living in a scuzzy Airbnb and working as a EFL teacher when she meets Julian in

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