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Nervous states - how Feeling Took Over The World
By William Davies
Review by: Stephen Kearney
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Stephen Kearney -Book Review for October 2020
Have you ever wondered why people vote for or support something diametrically opposed to their own best interests? Why did so many Germans vote for Hitler? Look what it brought them! Why do so many Americans support Trump? Look what it’s doing to...
Paul Pickering – Book review for September 2020
You will probably not have heard of Pamela Vass. She lives in Devon and wrote this novel based very much on true facts. On the evening of August 15th 1952 the worst floods to ever hit the West of England destroyed the beautiful coastal village of...
Stephen Kearney – Book review for August 2020
What do you remember of the books you’ve read? Some you forget almost as soon as you’ve turned the last page; it’s not that they were badly written or uninteresting (I’ve long abandoned those categories) it’s just that something in them does not stick. The vital glue...
Review by Stephen Kearney – July 2020 -Poverty Safari by Darren McGarvey
Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain’s Underclass By Darren McGarvey Review by Stephen Kearney Few people get a worse start in life than Darren McGarvey, author of Poverty Safari. Born to a violent, alcoholic mother on a sink estate near Glasgow, he grew...
Review By Mike Farrell – June 2020 – Stephen King- The stand
His book The Stand is 1,300 pages plus, but each of those pages will enthrall you. This book was written in 1978 and is considered by very many to be his finest work although each and Stephen king is a story teller of exquisite skill. every one of his books which are...
Review by Barry Goddard – May 2020 – The Hunter-Gatherer way-FFyona Campbell
Book Club Recommendation for May 2020- Barry Godard The Hunter-Gatherer Way by Ffyona Campbell This is an extraordinary short book. Having walked around the world as a young woman the author, Ffyona Campbell, decided to try to find out what it would mean to live as a...
Book Club Recommendation for April 2020
If you enjoy period crime thrillers, you will revel in soaking up the atmosphere that Mick Finlay creates. The characters are further developed in this third instalment.
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