Blogs in January 1970

The Coward’s Tale 1st January 1970

‘My name is Laddy Merridew. I’m a cry-baby. I’m sorry.’ ‘And my name is Ianto Jenkins. I am a coward. And that’s worse.’ The boy Laddy Merridew, sent to live with his grandmother, stumbles off the bus into a...

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When Nights were Cold 1st January 1970

The story of Grace Farringdon, who looks back on her life on the eve of the anniversary of the death of her friends. Growing up in early 1900’s Dulwich (South East London), Grace longs to escape her dreary life....

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The London Train 1st January 1970

The London Train is a novel in two parts, separate but wound together around a single moment, examining in vivid detail two lives stretched between two cities. Paul lives in the Welsh countryside with his wife Elise, and their...

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Cold Remains 1st January 1970

When Jason Robbins arrives at the eerie Heron House in deepest Carmarthenshire for a writing course, he soon meets its two weird servants who seem to exercise a sinister power over their scheming employer, Monty Flynn. Another newcomer is...

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The Detour 1st January 1970

The newcomer introduces herself as “Emilie” – not her real name. That we don’t learn until the closing pages of this novel: indeed, there’s much about her we don’t know. We know only that she is newly arrived from...

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