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Review: Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer

Posted on August 21, 2011 by blogmywiki

Caution: this review contains spoilers. This book is crap. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi was recommended to me by an old school friend. (To be clear: the school is old. She isn’t). And I hated it. Awkward, as they … Continue reading →

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Is ‘Nordic Noir’ really so strange?

Posted on May 22, 2011 by blogmywiki

I’ve just finished reading Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason – desperate to finish it so I can watch the film back. It’s another bit of ‘Nordic Noir’, so fashionable at the moment: Scandinavian crime fiction in the mould of Wallander … Continue reading →

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Recently read

Posted on May 30, 2010 by blogmywiki

I only ever meant my ‘Recently Read’ sidebar to have three books in it at any given time, but after a while I found myself reluctant to delete them as I liked having a record of my reading. I probably … Continue reading →

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