September Miscellany!
No 360 The Auctioneer by Joan Samson
The Auctioneer was a massive hit when it was originally published in 1974. Winning rave reviews from critics and readers, it sold in excess of a million copies, was advertised on television (which was very rare at the time) and was optioned for a movie adaptation. For a debut novel from an unknown writer, it…
No 361 Veronica by Mary Gaitskill
Veronica, Mary Gaitskill’s fourth novel is somewhat different to the taut style of her shorter fiction. An exploration of the interconnection between surface beauty and inner cruelty, it is a meandering and more thoughtful book, which moves across decades to tell the story of its narrator Alison. Once a former model, Alison is now in…
No 362 The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith
Conman Chester MacFarland is enjoying a European vacation with his much younger beautiful wife, Colette, when his financial scams in the States catch up with him in Greece. When a Greek police officer – on behalf of the US authorities – approaches him in his Athens hotel with some awkward questions about his identity, Chester…
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Lining up some spooky reads for the RIP Challenge!
Get ready for Novellas in November!
Novellas: “all killer, no filler” ~Joe Hill For the third year in a row, Rebecca of Bookish Beck and I are co-hosting Novellas in November as a month-long challenge with four weekly prompts. We’ll both put up an opening post on 1 November where you can leave your links throughout the month, to be rounded up on…
Six Degrees of Separation!
August Miscellany!
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