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(2016) The Year in Books – The Vegetarian

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Nick Keirle

I’m not sure why, but every time I heard someone recommend this book they described it as the story of a woman who decides to stop eating meat, only to then deal with the social fallout as her friends and … Continue reading →

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(2016) The Year in Books – My Brilliant Friend

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Nick Keirle

The first of Ferrante’s four-part Neapolitan Novels series, My Brilliant Friend is a perceptive, emotionally honest depiction of childhood and adolescence, as well as the closeness and fraught distance of long-term friendship. More specifically, the childhood and adolescence and long-term … Continue reading →

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(2016) The Year in Books – Things Fall Apart

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Nick Keirle

Chinua Achebe – Things Fall Apart Things Fall Apart centres around Umuofia – an Igbo village in Nigeria, towards the end of the 19th century, as they deal with the European colonisers newly arrived to the region. Split into sections, it first acclimatises readers to … Continue reading →

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