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David B. rated Look at Me: 4 stars
Look at Me by Anita Brookner
A lonely art historian absorbed in her research seizes the opportunity to share in the joys and pleasures of the …
David B. reviewed Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan
What a voice!
4 stars
David B. reviewed Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan
What a voice!
4 stars
David B. reviewed Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
Good and bleak
4 stars
David B. rated Kick the Latch: 4 stars
David B. rated The English Understand Wool: 4 stars
The English Understand Wool by Helen Dewitt (Storybook ND)
Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais …
David B. rated Good Morning, Midnight: 4 stars
David B. rated The ministry of fear: 3 stars
Graham Greene: The ministry of fear (1950, Heinemann)
The ministry of fear by Graham Greene (Library edition of the works of Graham Greene)
David B. rated Conversations with Friends: 4 stars
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed, and darkly observant. A college student and aspiring writer, she devotes herself to a …
David B. rated Vernon Subutex: 5 stars
Virginie Despentes: Vernon Subutex (French language, 2015)
Vernon Subutex by Virginie Despentes
Vernon Subutex, ancien disquaire à la dérive, ne peut guère compter que sur Alex Bleach pour l'aider à payer ses …
David B. rated The Little Duke: 3 stars
David B. rated A Memory Called Empire: 3 stars
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her mining station home, to the …
David B. rated Zbohom moja krásna: 4 stars
Raymond Chandler: Zbohom moja krásna (Czech language, 1975, Penguin Books)
Zbohom moja krásna by Raymond Chandler
Farewell, My Lovely is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1940, the second novel he wrote featuring the Los …
David B. rated The Pale Horse (Agatha Christie Collection): 3 stars
The Pale Horse (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie
To understand the strange events at The Pale Horse inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning. …