The Gannet has Landed 1st January 1970
The story follows Scottish would-be-vet, Doogie O’Mara as he takes up a position with a UK tour operator based on the island. Fiction as real life….
Blogs in January 1970
The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War 1st January 1970
This is the classic account of the Spanish Civil War, Brenan was there observing and processing in the this richly detailed account.
The Hotel Life 1st January 1970
Featured in Granta’s The Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists issue in 2010, Javier Montes blends literary narrative and compelling intrigue to great effect in this novel. A journalist employed to review hotels for a newspaper finds himself unexpectedly playing...
Too Much Trouble in Paradise 1st January 1970
Molly Parker is a DWAG – a darts wife and girlfriend. Or rather, she’s an ex-DWAG after divorcing Paul “Bad Lad” Parker, a professional darts player and the self-pronounced Geordie pantomime villain of the sport, after catching him aiming...
South from Granada 1st January 1970
In South from Granada, Brenan chose to live in the small village of Yegen, in the mountains near Granada, well inland and a world away from the larger Andalucian towns. He rented an old home, and some characters who...
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