Blogs in January 1970

The Stranger at the Palazzo d’Oro 1st January 1970

A young American walks into Sicily’s Palazzo d’Oro during the ’60s. Penniless, but swaggering with youth and burgeoning artistic talent, he accepts a proposition to become the companion to a beautiful and beguiling aristocrat. Their affair – formal and...

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Saint Jack 1st January 1970

An absorbing novel which follows the exploits of an expatriate American stuck in Singapore because he never really goes anywhere else, apart from the Bandung Club.Jack flowers trawls through the streets and underbelly of Singapore.

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The Mosquito Coast 1st January 1970

This gripping novel tells of the adventures inflicted upon this family by the brilliant and yet dangerous Allie Fox, as he tries to settle everyone into the Honduran jungle. He has removed them from the evils of modern day...

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The Lower River 1st January 1970

Ellis Hock never believed he would ever return to Africa – to his isolated village where he was happiest. He runs an old-fashioned menswear store in a small town in Massachusetts but still dreams of his eden in Africa,...

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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star 1st January 1970

Thirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey – The Great Railway Bazaar – was a landmark book and made his name as the foremost travel...

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