October 2008
Brideshead Revisited [suggested by Chloe Brew] The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh’s novels, “Brideshead Revisited” looks back to […]
Brideshead Revisited [suggested by Chloe Brew] The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh’s novels, “Brideshead Revisited” looks back to […]
In Cold Blood [suggested by Kate Bermingham] “Until one morning in mid-November of 1959, few Americans – in fact, few […]
A Million Little Pieces [suggested by Wendy Williams] When he entered a residential treatment centre at the age of twenty-three, […]
The Riders [suggested by Kathy Macdermid] Fred Scully has gone to Ireland, where he is restoring a dilapidated cottage and […]
Rebecca [suggested by Siobhan Fitzmaurice] A young, naive woman who is the paid companion of an obnoxious rich woman is […]
The Name of the Rose [suggested by Rowena James] Along with his apprentice Adso of Melk (named after the Benedictine […]
The Picture of Dorian Gray [suggested by Amy Gregg] A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception […]
The Great Gatsby [suggested by Rachel Johnston] In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write “something new – […]
Our Kid [suggested by Louisa Morgan] It was on a Sunday night in 1928 that Billy Hopkins made his first […]
The Life of Pi [suggested by Lorraine Southern] Some books defy categorisation: Life of Pi, the second novel from Canadian […]