Monthly Archives: August 2011
The Sense of an Ending; Julian Barnes (2011)
Early on in The Sense of an Ending, Tony Webster reflects as a youth on what literature is all about. “Love, sex, morality, friendship, happiness, suffering, betrayal, adultery, good and evil, heroes and villains, guilt and innocence, ambition, power, justice, … Continue reading
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On Canaan’s Side; Sebastian Barry (2011)
Lily Bere’s memoir of an Irish emigrant’s life in America begins with the question ‘What is the sound of an eight nine year old heart breaking?’ She could have asked the question many other times during the course of a … Continue reading
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Pigeon English; Stephen Kelman (2011)
Steven Kelman’s debut novel has been subject to a high level of excitement since before it even went to press. In a story that will hearten all aspiring novelists his manuscript went from part of the pile of rejections to … Continue reading
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