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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Posted in poetry, OneWorld Classics, Pope, Alexander, essays, humour, non-fiction, satire, England
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Alexander Pope is considered one of England's greatest poets of the eighteenth century, known for satirical poems as The Rape Of The Lock and the Dunciad. He was a member ... Read more..
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Posted in Vintage, 1001 Books, existential, satire, Roth, Philip, sexuality, first person narrator, America
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Having intended, at one time, to read the books of Philip Roth in order of publication, a brick wall was soon hit with second book, Letting Go, Roth's first novel ... Read more..
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Posted in humour, hope, Dillon, Des, Luath Press, persecution, racism, Scotland, nationality, anti-war, politics
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It's called Scotland's shame, the sectarianism that has attached itself to Scottish society and festers therein. The absorption of Ireland's exiles in the nineteenth century saw Catholicism take steps into ... Read more..
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Posted in Bolaño, Roberto, cowardice, Chile, censorship, first person narrator, Vintage, unreliable narrator
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It's unfortunate that Roberto Bolaño isn't around to see his star in the ascendency in the English speaking world, following on from the acclaim given to recent translations, The Savage ... Read more..
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Posted in hope, regret, Kennedy, A.L., loneliness, Jonathan Cape, grief, short stories, absence, Scotland
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A.L. Kennedy is one of Scotland's greatest contemporary writers who, over the last twenty years, has produced a body of work spanning novels, short stories, non-fiction, screenplays, and more. In ... Read more..