Susan’s Bookshelves: The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall
I first read The Machine Gunners soon after its publication and Carnegie Medal win in 1975. Within a year or two it...
I first read The Machine Gunners soon after its publication and Carnegie Medal win in 1975. Within a year or two it...
I’ve read A Farewell to Arms only once before many decades ago. So I had forgotten most of the details although, of...
I don’t know how many times I’ve read Silas Marner (1861). I adored it when I first read it at college and...
Of course I’m well aware that Richard Osman’s books don’t exactly need a plug from me. They are worldwide, record breaking best...
This is the best novel I’ve read about the Suffragettes who fought for votes for women before the First World War. It’s...
Ruth Rendell’s decision to write as Barbara Vine in parallel with her other titles gave her the scope to write a completely...
I remember the 1960 obscenity trial very clearly. My mother bought a copy of the book of the moment and carried it...
Even the title is clever – the deliberate omission of a question mark makes it ambivalent. It could be a question about...