by scottmanleyhadley February 2, 2020 Number of comments0 Book Review Obasan by Joy Kogawa very “literary fiction” literary fiction about WW2 non-Nazi racism
by scottmanleyhadley May 12, 2017 5 Book Review Travel Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West Wonderful, massive, beautiful, biased.
by scottmanleyhadley March 31, 2017 Number of comments0 Book Review Closely Observed Trains by Bohumil Hrabel Good Czech book, but do I need to try harder to czech my privilege?
by scottmanleyhadley March 16, 2016 Number of comments0 Book Review By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept by Elizabeth Smart I’m not at work, so I should be writing real prose, doing something creative, emailing pitches for articles through toContinue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley July 13, 2014 1 Book Review If This Is A Man and The Truce by Primo Levi Primo Levi was a chemist, young (younger than I am now), when he was rounded up by the anti-Semitic ItalianContinue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley January 23, 2014 Number of comments0 Book Review Maus by Art Spiegelman Art Spiegelman’s Maus is famous. And serious. And acclaimed. And important. And canonical. And worthy. There is very little I canContinue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley July 14, 2013 2 Book Review The Plague by Albert Camus Albert Camus was (according to the blurb of this 1960s Penguin edition) active in the French resistance during the NaziContinue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley July 12, 2013 1 Book Review Arrival and Departure by Arthur Koestler This is the last of the lovely old books I bought whilst in Hay-on-Wye a few weeks ago, a charmingContinue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley July 11, 2013 Number of comments0 Book Review A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel, A Pale View of Hills, doesn’t quite pack the emotional punch of his later, more famous, The RemainsContinue Reading