Category Archives: Books

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell This book was a Man Booker Prize finalist and has gained much critical acclaim. It has a very unusual structure in that it comprises six separate stories, five of which are split in two. Each … Continue reading →

Book News ‘Fragrant Harbour’ by John Lanchester (Read and discussed by Bideford Library Readers’ Group) Fragrant Harbour, ( Xian gung in Cantonese) or  Hong Kong to bankers and tourists alike , is a miniature epic presented as four novellas by … Continue reading →

Barbara Kingsolver is probably best known for ‘The Poisonwood Bible’ and some of us who were setting out to read ‘The Lacuna’ were, I think, expecting it to be a similar type of book. How wrong could we be! This … Continue reading →