i managed to finish penelope lively’s moon tiger just before my trip home – i don’t like carrying half-read or nearly-finished… Read more book number twenty-seven of 2015 + booker winner 1987: moon tiger [penelope lively].
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sri lanka: expectations v experience.
before i left for sri lanka, i wrote a quick list of the eight things i was most looking forward… Read more sri lanka: expectations v experience.
in photos: sri lanka.
we are nearing the end of my posts about my trip to sri lanka [i can hear your collective sigh… Read more in photos: sri lanka.
book number twenty-four of 2015 + booker prize winner 1986: the old devils [kingsley amis].
of the four booker prize winners i have read thus far, kingsley amis’ the old devils is by far my favourite.… Read more book number twenty-four of 2015 + booker prize winner 1986: the old devils [kingsley amis].
eating in galle: my favourite meals.
i was greatly looking forward to the availability of seafood during my time in sri lanka, and galle did not… Read more eating in galle: my favourite meals.
train travel in sri lanka.
one of the things i was most looking forward to during my time in sri lanka was travelling by train.… Read more train travel in sri lanka.
my initial impressions of sri lanka.
over the next few weeks i will be sharing lots of information about my recent holiday in sri lanka, including… Read more my initial impressions of sri lanka.
book number eighteen of 2015 + booker prize winner 1984: hotel du lac [anita brookner].
i just finished the second booker prize winner of my lifetime, anita brookner’s hotel du lac, and to be completely honest… Read more book number eighteen of 2015 + booker prize winner 1984: hotel du lac [anita brookner].
book number sixteen of 2015 + booker prize winner 1983: life & times of michael k [jm coetzee].
so what is it, he thought, that binds me to this spot of earth as if to a home i… Read more book number sixteen of 2015 + booker prize winner 1983: life & times of michael k [jm coetzee].