Category: Book Reviews

An Instance of the Fingerpost

An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears

Iain Pears’ intricately plotted, highly intelligent and very enjoyable novel, An Instance of the Fingerpost, explores the troubling and problematic side of the historical movement labelled with the smug term ‘The Enlightenment’.

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David Mitchell’s irreverent romp through English royal history

Unruly by David Mitchell

Intriguingly, Mitchell doesn’t tee up the sequel but argues rather that this is the natural end to his story since afterwards kings and queens were less central to England’s story.

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Ancillary Justice

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice is an award-winning science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in 2013. It is Leckie’s debut novel and the first in her Imperial Radch space opera trilogy.

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Karla's Choice, A John le Carré Novel

Notes on Karla’s Choice

The full name of this new novel by Nick Harkaway is Karla’s Choice, A John le Carré Novel. The wording is a clear sign of a “continuation novel,” penned after the original author’s demise.

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