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So you might have seen news of the death of Dick Fosbury a week or so ago, and you'll have been hanging out in the pub with your mate...

don't want to trample on the Book Of The Year blog idea this has just given me, but of the ones featured on the blog it'd be either ...

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Cora's life seems pretty sweet, on the face of it*, if by sweet you mean relentlessly shi...

Tomorrow by Graham Swift. Paula Hook's life seems pretty sweet, on the face of it: beloved husband Mike, nice dual income (she is an art...

The Last Life by Claire Messud. Sagesse LaBasse's life seems pretty sweet, on the face of it: her parents and grandparents own and run ...

Here's one for the COINCIDENCE? OR IS IT?* files:  Adjourn to bed and pick up my current book (featuring trees prominently as a narrativ...

Well.

A couple of footnotes to the last post - I have no idea how likely Siss and Unn are as names for young girls in 1960s Norway ( The Ice Pala...

The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas. Siss is just a regular girl (not sure if her age is ever stated explicitly, but I think we are to assume a...

One thing I could have added to the review of The Overstory is that the endpoint of Patricia's logical train of thought about how to sa...

The Overstory by Richard Powers. Hate trees? You'll hate this. Then again, what kind of idiot hates trees ? Those great big lovable woo...

A quick follow-up to the previous post which also serves as an opportunity to plug the fantastic map-related service provided by the Nation...

More non- book -related posts, for the love of God, you say? Electric Halibut hears your anguished cries and rides to the rescue on his wing...