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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. Wise Children is my favourite Angela Carter novel. Stuffed full of Shakespearean references and written in language which […]
Blasts from the Past: Wise Children by Angela Carter (1991) Read More »
I seem to be adding one each month to my books read (but not reviewed) tally after March’s miserable single score. May saw three excellent novels added to the list, each very different from the other, starting with one that I wrote a post about well over a year ago, prompted by a friend’s experience
Books Read (But Not Reviewed) in May 2016 Read More »
First published in 1967 and now reissued as a rediscovered classic, Thomas Savage’s novel comes lauded to the skies by the likes of Nicholas Shakespeare, who claims it’s better than Stoner, and Annie Proulx, who rates it sufficiently to have written a lengthy afterword. It also came with a health warning from its publicist who
The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage: Entirely deserving of its Stoner comparison Read More »