Blogs in January 1970

The Repentent Morning 1st January 1970

Fitzrovia, Soho in London, 1930s. Meredith Kerr is spending another evening of inebriation with three men. Harry Bowden, billy boyle and Arthur Lawler all want her for themselves. But Meredith has forgotten how to understand what it is she...

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Brick Lane 1st January 1970

With its gritty Tower Hamlets setting, this sharply observed contemporary novel about the life of an Asian immigrant girl deals cogently with issues of love, cultural difference and the human spirit.

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The Colour of Memory 1st January 1970

‘In the race to be first in describing the lost generation of the 1980s, Geoff Dyer in THE COLOUR OF MEMORY leads past the winning post. “We’re not lost” one of his hero’s friend’s says, “we’re virtually extinct”. It...

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Capital 1st January 1970

Capital is set in London during the credit crunch. It is a large tome that follows the lives of a group of people who live in – or are connected to Pepys Road, in South London. It is a...

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The Way Things Look to Me 1st January 1970

A London Summer and the book follows three damaged siblings, a brother and his two sisters,coping with the loss of their parents and with their little sister’s Asperger’s Syndrome. Many insights about this syndrome

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