Blogs in January 1970

The Chemistry of Tears 1st January 1970

An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, a secret love story, and the fate of the world are all brought to life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our...

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Homesick 1st January 1970

17 interrelated short stories. It is New Year’s Eve, 1982, and the whole gang is at Victor and Nandini’s house. The Godfather is on repeat upstairs. Baila music is blaring from the record player in the lounge. Poppadoms are...

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Underground London 1st January 1970

History has never been so vivid with the sights and sounds of London gone by echoing in every page, in this subterranean exploration of London’s “tube”.

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Diamond Street 1st January 1970

Second book in a trilogy featuring London streets. Intimately connected to the area both personally (her family run a jewellery business there) and professionally (as an artist archivist of London’s streets), Rachel Lichtenstein is uniquely placed to explore the...

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Sweetness in the Belly 1st January 1970

In Thatcher’s London, Lilly, a white Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile. As Ethiopian refugees gradually fill the flats of the housing estate where she lives, Lilly tentatively begins to share with them her longing for...

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