“Romantic novel which time slips from present to past. We get two romances for the price of one!
I liked the London setting and the feeling of place.
Our tuba playing daughter finds a Victorian diary…
Perhaps not my preferred reading genre but I wanted to read this in preparation of meeting the author
Score 5/10
Date read September 2011
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“Here’s another elderly writer who is either past it or resting on his laurels.
Out of touch characters appear in this uninteresting Russian money laundering M15 nonsense. This dragged along to a limp conclusion.
Strangely The new film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is soon to be released.
Score 2.5/10
Date read August 2011
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“Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining, touching and funny novel.
Instantly forgettable!
Our book group liked this too and we had a good debate, the group gave it an average of 6.2/10
Score 7/10
Date read September 2011
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“Fostered and lost, Brenton Brown meets his long lost mother, he has an incestual relationship with his half sister.
I enjoyed his raw style and the black London dialogue.
Met the author who is very interesting, this is almost a biog in parts and based on some truths (not him with incest though!). Alex got involved with some bad drug lords, jailed for something that happened during the Brixton Riots of 1980’s, discovered the joy of reading in prison, now has an OBE for services to literature.
I should read the follow up novel Brenton Brown sometime.
Score 7/10
Date read September 2011
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