Howard Batey reviewed Friends and heroes by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- vol.3.)
Illuminating book set in Bucharest during the 'phoney war' from September 1939 up to the fall if Paris.
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Enjoying fiction again after reading for 2 degrees in History. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Crime, Classics, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Thrillers, Horror, Satire, Humour, Biography, etc., etc., etc....
About me - short version: A Cwmbranista in political exile in Llandaff. Happy Public Servant. Loves Heidi (Wife), reading, History, Rugby, Elvis, & Tea. Posting here in personal capacity.
About me - longer version: I'm in my mid-50s, originally from Cwmbran but lived in the Swansea/Neath area for 20 years (in that time I also spent 6 months living/working in India) before relocating to Cardiff 6 years ago.
I work for the British Council & am a big believer in education in general & lifelong learning in particular.
Love reading, photography, travel, food & drink, arts/theatre, & listening to BBC Radio 6.
I also have a ridiculous moustache.
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Howard Batey finished reading Friends and heroes by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- vol.3.)
Friends and heroes by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- vol.3.)
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Friends and heroes by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- vol.3.)
Howard Batey finished reading The spoilt city by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- vol.2.)
The spoilt city by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- vol.2.)
Howard Batey reviewed The great fortune by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- vol.1.)
Review of 'The Great Fortune'
4 stars
Illuminating book set in Bucharest during the 'phoney war' from September 1939 up to the fall if Paris.
Howard Batey finished reading The great fortune by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- vol.1.)
The great fortune by Olivia Manning (Balkan trilogy -- vol.1.)
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Howard Batey finished reading Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
London, 1965. An unworldly young woman believes that a charismatic psychotherapist, Collins Braithwaite, has driven her sister to suicide. Intent …
Howard Batey reviewed Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
London, 1965. An unworldly young woman believes that a charismatic psychotherapist, Collins Braithwaite, has driven …
Case Study
5 stars
Terrific!
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Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
London, 1965. An unworldly young woman believes that a charismatic psychotherapist, Collins Braithwaite, has driven her sister to suicide. Intent …
Howard Batey reviewed The lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon
The Lonely Londoners is a 1956 novel by Trinidadian author Samuel Selvon. Its publication was …
Review: The Lonely Londoners
3 stars
Howard Batey finished reading The lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon
The lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon
The Lonely Londoners is a 1956 novel by Trinidadian author Samuel Selvon. Its publication was one of the first to …
Howard Batey reviewed Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman is a novel by Harper Lee written before the Pulitzer Prize-winning …
'Go Set A Watchman'
3 stars
Odd book, it is well written and relatively easy to read but I felt it didn't really go anywhere, and left me wondering what the point of it was.
Odd book, it is well written and relatively easy to read but I felt it didn't really go anywhere, and left me wondering what the point of it was.
Howard Batey finished reading Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman is a novel by Harper Lee written before the Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird, her …
Howard Batey started reading Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman is a novel by Harper Lee written before the Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird, her …