Blogs in November 2020

In Cold Blood 13th November 2020

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the...

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The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories 18th June 2020

Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harptells the story of three endearing misfits–an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies–who one day take up residence in a tree house. AS they pass sweet yet...

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s 16th June 2020

Immortalised by Audrey Hepburn’s sparkling performance in the 1961 film of the same name, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is Truman Capote’s timeless portrait of tragicomic cultural icon Holly Golightly, published in Penguin Modern Classics. It’s New York in the 1940s,...

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Other Voices, Other Rooms 27th February 2020

When Joel Knox’s mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But once he gets there, everyone is curiously evasive when Joel asks to see...

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