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The author of this blog is Trevor Pateman. I have purchased all the books reviewed here except a very few noted as sent to me. My own books are cheapest at blackwells.co.uk and are usually on Amazon. I can be found at academia.edu but do not have an X account and never used Twitter; that is another Trevor Pateman.

Friday, 18 July 2014

Review: Helen Rappaport, Four Sisters

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There is a global demand - most obviously coming from the USA - for rose-tinted books about Royalty, dead or alive. Some readers want R...
Sunday, 13 July 2014

Review: Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings

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It seems a pity to read a 468 page book and not get a review out of it. But the truth is I only finished it because being unwell kept m...
Sunday, 6 July 2014

Review: Ben Macintyre, A Spy Among Friends

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Ben Macintyre is a very good writer and I have read three of his previous documentary Spy books with pleasure. I also read this one wit...
Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Review: Suzanne Rindell, The Other Typist

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Nowadays, young people writing their first novels seem to do it as an extension of their social networking. This thought occurred to me...
Friday, 13 June 2014

Review: Tim Weiner, Enemies A History of the FBI

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No doubt in every country, some things cannot be questioned. In the United Kingdom, where I live, you cannot really question the contin...
Saturday, 7 June 2014

Review: Hannah Kent, Burial Rites

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This is an extaordinary imginative achievement. Hannah Kent gives herself an obscure historical and geographical setting - Northern Ice...
Monday, 2 June 2014

Review: John Grisham, The Racketeer and Javier Marias, The Infatuations

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I have discovered that when I have too many worries - and on the wagon as far as alcohol is concerned - then an engrossing thriller is ...
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