Scott Turow Presumed Guilty Swift Press, February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is not ‘just’ a legal procedural, although under Scott Turow’s experienced hand that would be enough. Presumed Guilty is an empathetic analysis of relationships and ageing as well as an insightful consideration of racismContinue reading “Week beginning 16 April 2025”
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Week beginning 5 July 2023
Alison McDermott’s Absolution is reviewed this week. Alice McDermott Absolution Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Absolution is the first of Alice McDermott’s novels I have read. It certainly will not be the last. Absolution is an enticingly written book, with its subtle descriptions of complex relationships and superbly drawn characters that draw the reader intoContinue reading “Week beginning 5 July 2023”
Week Beginning 28 June 2023
The book I review this week, America’s Black Capital How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy, was given to me by NetGalley as an uncorrected proof. It is reviewed after a tribute to Simon Crean, former Leader of the Australian Labor Party. I was very sad to hear of Simon Crean’sContinue reading “Week Beginning 28 June 2023”
Week beginning 29 March 2023
Beverley Adams Ada Lovelace The World’s First Computer Programmer Pen & Sword History 2023. This is the second of Beverly Adams’ biographies that I have read. Once again I am impressed with the way in which Adams has assembled her material to advance an enlightening and plausible account of a woman for whom there isContinue reading “Week beginning 29 March 2023”
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