by Fiona MacCarthy
This is a heavy tome in terms of weight but is a very enjoyable read. Published 20 years ago it looks at the phases of life that Morris went through and is particularly good on his socialist phase-how he arrived there and the contribution that he made to the early days of the labour movement. I would definitely recommend this to anyone wanting to know about the man and his relationships with Burn-Jones(a lifelong friend) and Rosetti etc. 9/10
ps To protect your wrists from permanent damage buy it for your kindle!
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Decline and Fall
by Evelyn Waugh
A very funny book with a great bunch of comic characters. The book follows the story of Paul Pennyfeather, who gets wrongly thrown out of Oxford for indecent exposure following a party of the Bollinger club.
As we follow his life subsequent to this we come across some marvelous specimens of which my favourite is Captain Grimes who he meets at Fagan's school. He, by his own admission, is always in the soup but manages to pull himself through due to his public school background.
The book was written in 1928 and seems to cross certain PC lines at times but does take a gigantic swipe at "the privileged" 8/10
A very funny book with a great bunch of comic characters. The book follows the story of Paul Pennyfeather, who gets wrongly thrown out of Oxford for indecent exposure following a party of the Bollinger club.
As we follow his life subsequent to this we come across some marvelous specimens of which my favourite is Captain Grimes who he meets at Fagan's school. He, by his own admission, is always in the soup but manages to pull himself through due to his public school background.
The book was written in 1928 and seems to cross certain PC lines at times but does take a gigantic swipe at "the privileged" 8/10
Thursday, February 09, 2017
Lost Light
by Michael Connelly
Harry has left the police force and picks up a job as a private eye tracking down the killer in a cold case he worked on in the past.
Along the way he picks up a bank heist and learns to play saxaphone from an old jazz player he visits. Perhaps his biggest surprise waits until the end of the book though. 7/10
Harry has left the police force and picks up a job as a private eye tracking down the killer in a cold case he worked on in the past.
Along the way he picks up a bank heist and learns to play saxaphone from an old jazz player he visits. Perhaps his biggest surprise waits until the end of the book though. 7/10
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