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Jack Sprat by Anonymous

Jack Sprat could eat no fat His wife could eat no lean And so betwixt the two of them They … More

Children's poetry, english poetry, National Poetry Month, poetry month, Politics

The 100-year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson

This book was recommended to me by a patron but I think I would have grabbed it off the shelf … More

20th Century History, Atom Bomb, Centenarian, Communism, crime, friendship, humour, Jonas Jonasson, Politics, Sweden

Midnight’s Children, by Salman Rushdie

This is no Days of Our Lives, sand through the hourglass, kind of book where you can skip massive chunks … More

Booker of Bookers, Booker Prize, books into films, books into movies, Family Relationships, historical, humour, India, India's Independence, Kashmir, magic, Pakistan, Partition, Politics, religion, Salman Rushdie, war

Cosí fan tutti (People are all the same), by Michael Dibdin

Okay, so I told myself (again) that I wasn’t going to write anymore reviews on Dibdin’s Zen series as I’ve … More

Aurelio Zen, crime, Criminalpol, Italy, Mafia, Michael Dibdin, mystery, Naples, Politics

Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy

Rome was crazy. Senators would fight, sometimes literally, for prestige and any chance to prove themselves worthy of being a … More

Adrian Goldsworthy, Ancient Rome, biography, Caesar, historical, nonfiction, Politics

Dead Lagoon, by Michael Dibdin

I hadn’t intended to write another review on Michael Dibdin’s Aurelio Zen series, but with the news, firstly, that the … More

Aurelio Zen, crime, Criminalpol, Italy, Michael Dibdin, mystery, Noir Fiction, Politics, Venice

Ratking, by Michael Dibdin

I first learned about Michael Dibdin and the Aurelio Zen series whilst perusing Men’s Journal in the library one day. … More

Aurelio Zen, Conspiracy, crime, Italy, Michael Dibdin, mystery, Noir Fiction, Politics

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