Blogs in January 1970

August Heat 1st January 1970

The setting, as usual, is the picturesque, non-metropolitan region of Vigata in Sicily. And it’s hot –stiflingly hot. In August Heat, we are never allowed to forget the all-enveloping sultriness (the inspector — possessor of miniature fan, the only...

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I Love Capri 1st January 1970

Kim Rees became a translator for the glamorous jet-set lifestyle. So, five years later, how come she’s ended up in a basement flat in Cardiff translating German computer games in her dressing gown? Fortunately her mother has a plan...

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The Italian Affair 1st January 1970

After an affair with a married man, Issy believes she will never love again. Fleeing from her pain she ends up in Naples teaching English. There she meets Dan. But Dan is a man with troubles of his own....

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Voice of the Violin 1st January 1970

The fourth novel in Andrea Camilleri’s savagely funny, brilliantly compelling Sicilian crime series featuring Inspector Montalbano

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Candles on the Sand 1st January 1970

Walking out on her cheating fiancé and domineering mother eight weeks before her wedding, Anna finds herself heading to Gatwick Airport and the Amalfi Coast. When she realises the relationship with her mother is beyond repair she decides to...

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