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Perhaps the obvious question to ask about Adler’s career is why did it disappear? Was she really shut out by a literary and journalistic establishment or did her work simply ...
Techies vs. Luddites in Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore
“One of the best books I’ve read all year.” Litro Book Club member Thomas Chadwick finds age-old questions in this month’s Club pick.
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Jane said we needed to talk about Eichmann
There were several months in the autumn of 2011 when we discussed Mary Poppins as a matter of routine. Neither Jane nor I had ever seen the film but every ...
“Neither a Satanic nor a Napoleonic Giant but a Plain Sinner” : The Tragedy of Raskolnikov
For our Transgression theme, Thomas Chadwick revisits a Russian classic in which the laws constraining man can be broken, as long as you consider yourself extraordinary. First published in 1866, ...
Dead Ends Thrown Wide Open: The Crying of Lot 49
For our Mystery theme, Thomas Chadwick revisits a postmodern mystery in which the clues seem infinite and everything may mean everything … or nothing. First published in 1965, Thomas Pynchon’s ...
A Healthy Respect for Sex: What Lady Chatterley’s Lover Can Still Teach Us
“I believe especially in being warm-hearted in love, in fucking with a warm heart. I believe if men could fuck with warm hearts, and the women take it warm-heartedly, everything ...
Taking Time to Review
The process of book reviewing can sometimes seem like a production line. A new book comes out and every newspaper, magazine and website rushes to review it. But is this ...
The Master and Margarita at the Barbican Theatre
To read, The Master and Margarita is a stunning yet at times bewildering novel. The very fact that it has ever been adapted for the stage is worthy of applause. ...
Some Really Bad Things that Have Happened at Sea – for Context.
Before we even left port I found that both of the drawers underneath my bunk were filled with jars of pickled herring. Later, while I was watching the sun dip ...







