You say the word ‘Tour de France’ to
someone and the chances are that their minds won’t be drawn to the endurance, resilience
and glory attached to cycling’s blue riband event; they will instead think of
people like Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador and Floyd Landis. Drug Cheats.
There is no sport in the world that is more associated or blighted by
the scourge of doping than professional...
A blog dedicated to both my love of books and my love of talking about books. It will have a range of genres, really whichever take my fancy at any given time.
Saturday, 26 April 2014
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
In The Wizard of Oz, Glinda offers Dorothy some very sound advice: “It's always best to start at the beginning.” This is not the vogue method in modern literature, with authors liking to start their stories at the end (The Book Thief), the middle (The Secret History) or in an undetermined part of the plot (The Time Traveller’s Wife). Starting at the beginning has begun to see a little...
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