Christopher LovegroveOct 21, 2023

'Carry their sun with them': a review of #JohnChristopher's 'catastrophe cosy' A World in Winter which turns much in its head. #1962Club #RIPxviii

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Carry their sun with them

Icy seas: photo by Dylan Thompson on Pexels.com The World in Winter (original title The Long Winter) by Sam Youd, writing as John Christopher. Introduction by Hari Kunzru. Penguin Worlds, Penguin B…

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Christopher LovegroveOct 6, 2023
Review of #AndreaCamilleri's fourth #Montalbano story 'The Voice of the Violin' for #RIPxviii and #TBRyear10.
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Molto cantabile

WordPress Free Photo Library The Voice of the Violin by Andrea Camilleri. La voce del violino (1997) translated by Stephen Sartarelli. Picador, 2006. The fourth title in Andrea Camilleri’s In…

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Christopher LovegroveSep 23, 2023

Queen of Air and Darkness: my review of The Cockatrice Boys by #JoanAiken for #RIPxviii #ReadersImbibingPeril and in anticipation of #WitchWeek2023.

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Queen of air and darkness

Hieronymus Bosch: ‘The Last Judgement’ (detail) c 1500 The Cockatrice Boys by Joan Aiken.Edited by David G Hartwell, illustrated by Jason Van Hollander. Tor Books, Tom Docherty Associat…

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Christopher LovegroveSep 13, 2023
Currently reading this most curious #JoanAiken YA The Cockatrice Boys for #ReadersImbibingPeril #RIPxviii @PerilReaders https://www.joanaiken.com/books/the-cockatrice-boys/
The Cockatrice Boys

Christopher LovegroveSep 6, 2023

The Breath of Weariness: a review of #RLStevenson's Gothick novella #Olalla for #RIPxviii.

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The breath of weariness

‘Madame Catherine Bruguière, née Sardon’ (1796) by Antoine-Jean Gros (1771–1835). Bristol Museum and Art Gallery: photo C A Lovegrove. Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson.  Little Bla…

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