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A couple of unstructured thoughts after returning from a long weekend at Center Parcs with the family. Firstly that "with the family...

Kudos by Rachel Cusk. We are back in the company of our nearly-anonymous narrator from Outline and Transit . I say "nearly" beca...

Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford. We're in Woolworth's. I mean, back when Woolworth's was a thing, and therefore being in one...

Hey, we haven't done one of these for a while (three-and-a-half years or so in fact ), but I was struck by the loose yet funky tune that...

Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto. A man is dead, on a beach. Suspicious? I should bally well say so. Suicide? Yes, but how? Well, surely h...

Today's pair are author Harlan Coben and actor, author, amateur chef and mixologist Stanley Tucci. The only Harlan Coben book I have ...

Clearly I need to be careful about even alluding tangentially to the very existence of The Curse Of Electric Halibut, since my doing so in t...

The Lay Of The Land by Richard Ford. So this is Frank Bascombe. You guys have met before, actually - you might remember, a few years back ....

Fragrant Harbour by John Lanchester. Hong Kong? Phooey ! No, really, it's true. Former British colony, business powerhouse, cultural me...

A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. Hey, how are you? Come on in, there's some people I want you to meet. So this is Sasha - ...