This Week’s Reads
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Ragdoll by Katherine Moar
This is a fictional reimagining of the Patty Hearst kidnap story, jumping between two timelines, 2017 and 1978. Two characters, Holly the heiress and Robert her lawyer, appear as both their 1978 and 2017 versions. Holly and Robert work through what each feels they are owed by the other, the catalyst for the action is… Continue reading
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This Week’s Read: The History Boys by Alan Bennett.
I’d always had a bit of an aversion to Alan Bennett, based on a host of preconceived notions – too cosy, too middle class, too middle aged, all a bit safe – but The History Boys has quite the reputation as a modern classic. So did it dispel my prejudices? To some extent. The play… Continue reading
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This Week’s Reads: Boys by Ella Hickson; Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart
Boys by Ella Hickson (2012) Achieving an authentic and believable depiction of young students being young is a difficult task. As the sex, drugs and bin bags full of rubbish built up in the squalid shared kitchen setting I was prepared to have my inner Daily Mail reader harrumph and eye roll while muttering about… Continue reading
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