Pantheon 1st January 1970
Set in 1940, James Zennor is an Oxford don who was wounded in the Spanish Civil War, and is in no fit state to fight the Nazis. His wife and son vanish and he eventually finds leads that take...
Blogs in January 1970
The Flight (Jenny Cooper 4) 1st January 1970
Coroner Jenny Cooper has to examine two bodies washed up after Flight 189 from Heathrow, and destined for JFK, plunges into the Severn Estuary,
The Bookshop 1st January 1970
Penelope Fitzgerald’s wonderful Booker-nominated novel. This, Penelope Fitzgerald’s second novel, was her first to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is set in a small East Anglian coastal town, where Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local...
Hurry Up And Wait 1st January 1970
In her eargerly anticipated second novel, Mail on Sunday Novel Competition winner Isabel Ashdown explored the treacherous territory of adolescent friendships and traces the repercussions of a dangerous relationship across the decades. It’s been more than 20 years since...
The J M Barrie Ladies’ Swimming Society 1st January 1970
When Joey Rubin stumbles upon a group of elderly women swimming in a lake one freezing January morning, she thinks they must be mad. But then they dare her to come in… Joey, an overworked New York architect, has...
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