The Uninvited by Dorothy McArdle was first published in 1942 and was recently reissued as part of Tramp Press’s Recovered Voices series. It was a good choice for that female-led publisher, as what starts out as an easily recognizable gothic haunted house tale, morphs into a fascinating exploration of the dangers inherent in labelling women…
She liked the trams, the way they surreptitiously pushed you up against the mystery of other people’s lives. David Park’s subtle and thoughtful eighth novel surreptitiously pushes the reader up against the mystery of other people’s lives, in this case the lives of three middle-aged people – Karen, Alan and Marion – who are…
It’s that time again! March is coming, my favourite month in my blogging calendar, because it’s Reading Ireland Month – will you be joining us? Ah, gwan, ya will! By now you’ll know that we never stop banging on about Ireland and its hefty cultural punch. Four Nobel Prize winners; five Booker Prize winners; some…
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