Blogs in January 1970

Wichita 1st January 1970

The novel begins with Lewis’s return to his mother’s home in Wichita, Kan., from New York, where he has just graduated from Columbia. His pompous professor father, Virgil, expects him to attend graduate school, though Lewis is unsure of...

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One of those Malibu Nights 1st January 1970

P.I. Mac Reilly and assistant Sunny are involved in Hollywood mogul intrigues. A woman holds a gun, and shoots, then goes missing. Allie Ray, star of the big screen also goes missing. The trail takes the investigators from Malibu...

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Inherent Vice 1st January 1970

Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon – private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A....

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Brooklyn Noir 1st January 1970

An anthlogy of stories under the editorship of Tim McLoughlin. New York’s punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with all new stories from a magnificent set of today’s best writers. Brooklyn Noir moves from Coney Island to Bay Ridge...

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To Kill a Mockingbird 1st January 1970

The novel is renowned for its warmth and humour, yet deals with with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional “tired old town” of...

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