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Review: The Leopard – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Every so often one comes across a book which makes you feel that you should have known about this years ago, that one’s literary education was incomplete before you read it.  Lampedusa’s The Leopard is...

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Review: How I Lost the War – Fillipo Bologna

A new novel from Pushkin Press is always welcome and How I Lost The War proved to be as expected, a witty but thought-provoking read with bags of Italian flavour to transport readers into fragrant...

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Review: The Age of Doubt – Andrea Camillieri

I’m new to Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series of books.  The Age of Doubt is number 14 so I have a lot of catching up to do.  A bit of research on Andrea Camilleri showed me that he (yes,...

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Review: New Finnish Grammar – Diego Marani

The subdued art-work on the cover matches the plain title of this book, but first impressions in a book-shop can be safely ignored – Diego Marani’s New Finnish Grammar is a very inventive and unusual...

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Review: A Private Venus – Georgio Scerbanenco

I’m writing this week about two examples of “Noir” crime fiction.  On Monday I featured Severe by French writer Régis Jauffret.  Today my featured book is an example of Italian Noir, A Private Venus by...

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Review: The Dance of the Seagull – Andrea Camilleri

I apologise that my email notification system is not working very well at the moment. While some subscribers are receiving emails for every post, some are receiving none. I have tried and failed to...

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