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”
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Week beginning 2 March 2022
Reviewing Tom Stoppard A Life was an interesting process – looming large was the question ‘How did I enjoy the plays of this conservative person who, in my opinion, dined too many times with Margaret Thatcher? The closest I could come to recalling any sense of political unease was at the end of seeing NightContinue reading “Week beginning 2 March 2022”
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