Reviews

‘Invisible is a great thriller. I can’t say too much more about the plot because the twists and turns are the whole point of reading a book that wrong foots the reader at every turn . . . Christine Poulson kept me reading by giving out just enough information to intrigue and puzzle so that I had to read just one more chapter. That’s why, in the end, I just dropped everything else and read the last half of Invisible in one sitting.’

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Christie’s Death Comes as the End

Posted on Dec 8, 2015 in Agatha Christie, Death Comes as the End, Egypt, Egypt: Faith after the Pharaohs | 4 Comments

After I’d seen the splendid Egypt: Faith after the Pharaohs at the British Museum, I went to the London Library and got out Agatha Christie’s Come Tell Me How You Live. She published it in 1945 under her married name of Agatha Christie Mallowan, and it is an account of the trips to the Syria that […]

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Two thirds of the way through my book moratorium

Posted on Nov 24, 2015 in Agatha Christie, Anca Vlasopolos, Cartographies of Scale (and Wing), Come Tell Me How You Live, Death Comes as the End | 4 Comments

It is two months today since I began my book-buying moratorium – and I am still going strong. It was most difficult at the beginning, when I was trying to break the habit. There was a danger that I just would buy more DVDs instead – they too are so cheap in charity shops – […]

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