Eclipse - The Hermetic Library Blog

Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Eclipse [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by John Banville This John Banville novel shares a time-frame and characters with his book Shroud. I read Shroud first (about ten years ago), although Eclipse was the first of the two to be published. They have a single development in common for their respective endings, so that no […]

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Funeral in Berlin - The Hermetic Library Blog

Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Funeral in Berlin [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Len Deighton, book 3 of the Harry Palmer series. Where Horse Under Water (the immediately prior “Secret File” by Deighton) had a crossword conceit, Funeral in Berlin is instead ornamented with chess tactics. I read it as a chaser to […]

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Tonight's book: A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis. I do not care for historical fiction, and yet I'm already 120 pages into this. It's filled with very nice prose.

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