Howard Batey rated A House for Mr Biswas: 5 stars
A House for Mr Biswas by V. S. Naipaul
A House for Mr Biswas is a 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul, significant as Naipaul's first work to achieve …
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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 rated The Promise: 4 stars
Howard Batey rated The Darling Buds of May: 3 stars
The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates
The Darling Buds of May is a novella by British writer H. E. Bates published in 1958. It was the …
Howard Batey rated HHhH: 5 stars
HHhH by Laurent Binet, Sam Taylor
HHhH is the debut novel of French author Laurent Binet, published in 2010 by Grasset & Fasquelle. The book recounts …
Howard Batey rated Voyage to Arcturus: 3 stars
Howard Batey rated Resistance: 3 stars
Howard Batey rated Robot: 5 stars
Howard Batey rated The Unbearable Lightness of Being: 5 stars
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Interweaves story and dream, past and present, and philosophy and poetry in a sardonic and erotic tale of two couples--Tomas …
Howard Batey rated Flatland: 2 stars
Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott (Penguin Science Fiction)
The book that influenced writers from Carl Sagan to Stephen Hawking, Flatland is set in a two-dimensional world where life …
Howard Batey rated The final programme: 2 stars
Howard Batey rated Much Ado About Nothing: 3 stars
Much Ado About Nothing by SparkNotes, William Shakespeare (No fear Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. The …
Howard Batey rated The Cyberiad: 5 stars
The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem (Penguin Science Fiction)
One of the world's most beloved science fiction writers, Stanislaw Lem was famed for his wryly comic, outlandish imaginings of …
Lincoln in the Bardo: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 by George Saunders
February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation …
Howard Batey rated Mr Wilder and Me: 3 stars
Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe
A young woman has her coming of age when she joins the crew of Billy Wilder’s last film.
