H.Rider Haggard, The Wanderer's necklace
R. Mistry, A Fine balance
A. Ross, The rest is Noise
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BOTM: A. Trollope, Phineas Redux
A. Christie, Murder on the Orient Express
A. Christie, The 4.50 from Paddington
A. Christie, Come, tell me how you live
W. Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
A. Goldsworthy, In the name of Rome
It's been a poor month. Silence on this blog and the relatively low numbers of books speak of a hefty work schedule. However, at the end of the month I did return to Trollope after a long absence (I read volume three of the Palliser saga in January 2007) and was not disappointed. In this age of political scandal, we forget the endemic corruption and cost of nineteenth century politics, whic Trollopse so accurately reflects. But Trollope is better than simply a brilliant evocation of his period (though he is that), but also witty, perceptive and extremely enjoyable. It feels a little like returning to an old comfortable friend - and there is little better than that.
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