The Bridge Over The Drina by Ivo Andrić
One of the most important and engaging novels I’ve ever read, a sprawling fictional exploration not of a specific person,Continue Reading
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The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
shellshock and amnesia and different kindsa love
Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf
Both the blurb and the author biography of my 1980s edition of Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf state that thisContinue Reading
The Poems of Wilfred Owen
In a few weeks, I am driving my father to Paris for a couple of days, and on the wayContinue Reading
Goodbye To All That by Robert Graves
I have never read I, Claudius. I have never read The White Goddess, my favourite writer’s* favourite book. I have also neverContinue Reading
Umbrella by Will Self
Will Self’s 2012 novel Umbrella, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize that went to Bring Up The Bodies, is a sexy, war-y, JoyceanContinue Reading
