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The Cardinal’s LegacyMichael Reidy If you enjoyed the other books in Michael Reidy’s Unvarnished Truths Quartet, you will certainly enjoy this one. And I assume you did, or…
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The Cardinal’s LegacyMichael Reidy If you enjoyed the other books in Michael Reidy’s Unvarnished Truths Quartet, you will certainly enjoy this one. And I assume you did, or…
I am being asked this quite a lot of late. Why is my current work in progress taking so long? This is a novel called Humphrey Abroad, and…
Last year, I published three titles, which is pretty good going, considering I work so slowly. Not as slowly as Oscar Wilde, mind you, although I do acknowledge…
Charlot ís a very accomplished piece of writing, and it is hard to believe that this is a debut novel. I read it in two sittings, taken up…
by Michael Reidy Here is a third novel featuring the urbane and gifted portraitist, Sir Nigel Thomas, and his celebrity friend, the actress Ligeia Gordon, known privately as…
This ought to be a very depressing book since it describes the onset and development of multiple sclerosis in an Oxford don. He is on his way to…
I have just finished watching the BBC series impertinently entitled Great Expectations. I watched all six episodes because the visuals are superb. The realisation of the period is…
Circle of Vanity by Michael Reidy If you enjoyed Michael Reidy’s On the Edge of Dreams and Nightmares, as I did, you will be delighted to find that…
What I have been watching La Strada (Fellini) ***** [Heart-rending] Matador (Almodóvar) *** Viridiana (Buñuel) **** The Impossible (Byona) **** [Surprisingly good] Bad Education (Almodóvar) **** Bonjour Tristesse…
The Turning Point by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst I began reading this intriguing book last October but other business forced me to put it down. I took it up again…