Category: Book Reviews

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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Patrick Stewart plays Karla in Tinker Tailor

Karla Onscreen

Karla is the central, but silent, antagonist in John le Carré’s three Smiley novels. He is also the title character in the first George Smiley continuation novel, Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway.

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