Blogs in January 1970

Indian Country Noir 1st January 1970

Enter the dark welter of troubled history throughout the Americas, where the heritage of violence meets the ferocity of intent. This sharp, stylised, and ambitious anthology of Native American literature sees authors of Indian heritage or blood join non-Indian...

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The Jefferson Key (Cotton Malone) 1st January 1970

Cotton Malone has been called on to defend his country’s safety in many exotic locations around the world, often using his knowledge of history to get to the heart of mysteries and conspiracies stretching back for centuries. But never...

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Wichita 1st January 1970

The novel begins with Lewis’s return to his mother’s home in Wichita, Kan., from New York, where he has just graduated from Columbia. His pompous professor father, Virgil, expects him to attend graduate school, though Lewis is unsure of...

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The Snow Child 1st January 1970

A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska and inspiration from a Russian fairytale Jack and Mabel have staked everything on making a fresh start for themselves in a homestead ‘at the world’s edge’ in the...

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Brooklyn 1st January 1970

Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn is a devastating story of love, loss and one woman’s terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities...

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