Tag: London

  • Caledonian Road – Andrew O’Hagan

    I had read lots of glowing reviews of this book and planned to buy it when it came out in paperback. As it happened I received the hardback for Christmas, all 600 pages, not then a book to read in bed, fall asleep and drop on one’s face! That was not going to happen actually […]

  • A Far Cry From Kensington – Muriel Spark

    I read this book immediately after reading ‘Hotel du Lac’ by Anita Brookner. The difference in style hits you quite full in the face and added to my thoughts that Brookner shows great elegance in her writing. I wouldn’t say that the writing here is elegant but the narrative is certainly interesting, the story well […]