Picaresque novel of folklore and history set across Germany
Bookreview of Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann Picaresque novel of folklore and history set across Germany - What's that I hear you cry? Well I wasn't too sure when I first…
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Bookreview of Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann Picaresque novel of folklore and history set across Germany - What's that I hear you cry? Well I wasn't too sure when I first…
Bookreview of The Honjin Murders Book set in Japan - Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo - Translated by Louise Heal Kawai this is a brilliant and fascinating locked-room mystery that has…
Stuck within the same four walls? Not with a book you're not! Home is normally where the heart is. We bookworms love staying at home and reading don't we? I…
Hydra hedonism here we go! Novel set on 1960s Hydra - Theatre for Dreamers, Polly Samson - There are certain places that just cry out for a story of hedonistic games…
Lookout for these reads during lockdown There are many fine books out in April and May where authors are compelled to stay in doors and not have an official launch.…
2024: The Brindley family go missing. Years later their car is found submerged and the family are nowhere…
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