Blogs in January 1970

A Cat Called Norton: The True Story of an Extraordinary Cat and his Imperfect Human 1st January 1970

A short book that tells the story of Norton, a Scottish Fold kitten that the writer’s girlfriend Cindy bought for him – but he isn’t a cat lover (at the outset). He becomes his adorable companion on his trips...

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The Last Time I Saw Paris 1st January 1970

Claire is living a privliged life of a socialite in Manhattan, married to Russell, lover of Laurent. Russell is a German sympathiser and after revelations, Claire flees to Paris and finds herself part of the Resistance Movement.

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Tropic of Cancer 1st January 1970

Miller’s groundbreaking first novel, banned in Britain for almost thirty years, now reinvigorated in a new Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition. A penniless and as yet unpublished writer, Henry Miller arrived in Paris in 1930. Leaving behind a disintegrating...

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Foreign Bodies 1st January 1970

The book is set among Jewish-Americans in the early 1950’s, the McCarthy years of loyalty oaths. Bea Nightingale,in her 50s is divorced in NYC where she teaches English and has put her life on hold since her divorce. She...

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The Good Thief’s Guide to Paris 1st January 1970

Charlie Howard – mystery writer and professional thief – is flush with the success of his Paris book reading when he agrees to show a novice the basics of the trade by breaking into the man’s own apartment. Trouble...

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