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His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet


2016
11.25

“Short listed for the Booker prize, but didn’t win.
A cleverly constructed and insightful novel. Set in the Highlands of Scotland in a crofting village where families live off the land and times are tough. They get even tougher when the local bully gets himself elected as policeman.
The author tells the story to begin with a series of newspaper reports, so authentic you’d be unsure if this is non fiction. Anyway, read on and what unfolds is a depressing tale.
A good choice for a book group to debate which ours did. Book Club scored it at 6.75/10 and my score 7/10

Score 7/10

Date read November 2016

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The Kingdom by Fuminori Nakamura


2016
11.21

“I have the feeling many people wouldn’t like this noir thriller. It has some disturbing descriptions in it. If you have read or watched Audition by Ryu Murakami then you are approaching similar Japanese, no punches pulled thriller.
The lead character who it’s hard to like, incapacitates important businessman and Politicians and photographs them in uncompromising situations, this is held in a database to wield the threat if they don’t tow the underworld line of power. Things go wrong…
A weird 6/10

Score 6/10

Date read November 2016

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Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut


2016
11.05

“I can’t get this book! Many reviews elsewhere, some love it others give it poor scores.
It’s a war novel, a sort of sci-fi, madness, too complicated for me I’m afraid!
5/10

Score 5/10

Date read November 2016

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