Licence Renewed by John Gardner
reading more of John Gardner’s James Bond so you don’t have to
reading more of John Gardner’s James Bond so you don’t have to
pacy thriller; terrible bookstore; hot summer heat
mediocre mystery that solves its mystery in chapter one
six weeks late, it’s the TotN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2021!
still in a genre rut i can’t escape
for fans of The Goldfinch…
like my life, a novel that’s half tragedy, half farce
some contemporary literary fiction about scotland
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