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674. Anita Anand - The Patient Assassin
A book by an Indian BBC presenter about an Indian guy who murdered in 1940 the British colonial administrator responsible for the...
Apr 9, 20191 min read


430. Paul Scott - Staying On
The sequel to 'The Raj Quartet', and very different in lots of ways. I suppose essentially a tragi-comedy, about Tusker and Lucy Smalley,...
Sep 20, 20161 min read


429. Paul Scott - A Division Of The Spoils
These are big long books and it has taken a week to read each one. Guy Perron (Charles Dance on the TV) finally appears in this one and...
Sep 17, 20161 min read


427. Paul Scott - The Day Of The Scorpion
Continued brilliance. Sarah Layton quite prominent in this book, which ends with her losing her virginity. To what extent is her sexual...
Sep 3, 20161 min read