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She Seduced Me: A Love Affair with Rome by Mark Tedesco. This short volume about Rome is effusive and the author is clearly passionate about the city. He is keen to introduce his readers to Rome from a variety...
Literary Walking Tours I was chatting with someone over on Twitter and it got me thinking about the variety and breadth of literary walking tours. When I have read a book that is really strong on location, that evokes...
Playing Nice by J P Delaney, psychological thriller set in North London. J P Delaney is one of those writers who always pens a good and ‘different’ story. For this novel he has clearly been inspired by the biblical...
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov (translated by Boris Dralyuk) – a gentle novel set in war torn Ukraine. Grey Bees is a delightful, well-mannered book set against the violence of war torn Ukraine. Sergey Sergeyich is one of only...
Mr Loverman by Bernadine Evaristo, an exuberant novel set in HACKNEY (with Antiguan roots). Barrington Jedidiah Walker is a larger-than-life 74 year-old dandy, full of erudition and charm, strutting the streets of Hackney like a preening peacock. ‘Barry’ is...
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