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Blogs in January 1970

Black Water Rising 1st January 1970

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2010, and critically acclaimed in US and UK. The novel is set in 1980’s Houston where Jay (whos is a lawyer) and his wife Bernadine are on a boat on the bayou celebrating her...

Afterworld 1st January 1970

Meet four generations of the Duvalier family, for whom sugar cane is both their blessing and their curse. From patriarch Carter, who perishes before the novel begins after being hit in the head by an exploding manhole cover, and...

Hey, Joe 1st January 1970

A novel first serialised in the New Yorker…Joe Keith is a sorted, gay 16 year-old, meandering through a late-summer’s day in New Orleans. Drinking Bourbon, smoking reefers and kissing strangers – Joe’s night out will change his world forever.

No Country for Old Men 1st January 1970

Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice – leave the scene as he found it,...

Lord of Misrule 1st January 1970

LORD OF MISRULE is the name of a horse and depicts the horse racing world of the 1970s, utterly captivating with well drawn characters. Beauty, grit, and hope underpin this excellent novel.