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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.

Saturday, 22 June 2019

Review: Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing

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In most novels, the author leaves a trace - sometimes a very obvious one - of the imagined reader who has inflected the writing. In ...
Sunday, 16 June 2019

Review: Lionel Trilling, Sincerity and Authenticity

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Leave aside state honours, like knighthoods, and the peak of an academic or artistic career is not a Professorship or even membe...
Sunday, 9 June 2019

Review: Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead

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I bought this book because I had read and enjoyed Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights , reviewed on this Blog on 4 August 2018. In contrast to ...
Tuesday, 4 June 2019

Review: David Rieff, In Praise of Forgetting

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When I saw this book in Blackwell’s Oxford shop during a May 2019 visit, I knew I had to buy it even thoug...
Tuesday, 28 May 2019

Review: John Gray, Seven Types of Atheism

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I don’t want to read this book a second time so this will be a short review. From its title, I expected something more elegant but, ...
Monday, 27 May 2019

Review: Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire

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Click on image to enlarge I still buy books in shops. I like to browse and I try to buy books I haven’t heard of - in contrast, if...
Monday, 13 May 2019

Review: Guy Shrubsole, Who Owns England?

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This is a readable, accessible book which roams much wider than its title. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject o...
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