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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Dec 30th, 2010
by Des.
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Hilary Mantel’s widely acclaimed Wolf Hall collected the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2009, and was shortlisted for a number of other awards. It has taken me quite a while to get around to finding out what all the fuss was about, but it proved to be well worth the wait in the end, it [...]

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

Aug 8th, 2010
by Des.
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Gregory David Roberts was born in Australia in 1952, and following the breakup of his marriage and loss of access to his daughter he became a heroin addict, a habit which he fed by a life of crime. Shantaram tells the story of his life on the run, and by any standards it is an [...]