Julian Barnes scooped the Man Booker 2011 Prize and a cheque for £50,000 for his short novel, The Sense Of An Ending. This was the fourth time Barnes was shortlisted for the prize; the first time was in 1984 for Flaubert’s Parrot, the second time in 1998 for England, England, and the third time in 2005 …
For our book club meeting on Wed October 19th, we read Solace by Belinda McKeon. Jacket Synopsis: “Mark Casey has left home, the rural Irish community where his family has farmed the same land for generations, to study for a doctorate in Dublin, a vibrant, contemporary city full of possibility. To his father, Tom, who …
River Cottage Veg Every Day, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall When I think of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (which I rarely do), I always picture him out in the wilds catching and dispatching some harmless creature one would never imagine eating unless in the most extreme cases of need. It was therefore with some scepticism that I picked up his …