“My first translated novel from Argentina, his debut novel too.
Nothing complicated about this one, two street kids from the very rough end of the city get themselves mixed up in a drug landlords feud.
Vivid writing and urban language, I liked this one, a fast page turner.
Score 6.5/10
Date read July 2012
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“An enjoyable novel if somewhat strange.
An American bartender tells us his tale of falling into drinking too much and how his life falls apart.
The bar dwellers are all to real and wonderfully described.
Nearly put me off drinking, nearly!
Score 8/10
Date read July 2012
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“A debut novel and a good one too.
Based on a real life jazz trumpeter, this fictionalised story isn’t trying to recreate that story, far from it.
As a reader we know that Joss Moody is a coloured man who plays the trumpet in the 50’s Glasgow, he meets a girl and they go out together, the story changes when things begin to unravel…literally!
We learn about Joss’s life once he is dead, told by people in his life that are left behind.
I’m recommending this to people and feel reading groups would have plenty to discuss.
Score 7/10
Date read June 2012
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“Another memoir! This is about Luke Jennings growing up in Sussex and how he gets hooked into fishing.
It’s more than this of course and brings a story of growing up as a boy in the sixties, everything had a slower and more innocent pace about it in Sussex in those days.
I bought my first fishing rod from the very same tackle shop. This memoir was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Tear award
Score 6.5/10
Date read May 2012
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