Pittenweem Library reviews
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut. This intriguing and complex work was shortlisted for this year’s International Booker Prize.
The central character in the Old Filth trilogy (Failed in London, try Hong Kong), Sir Edward Feathers QC, has been compared in the New York Times to ‘the Dickensian pantheon of memorable characters’.
Raw Spirit, by Iain Banks, represents the satisfying combination of travelling with a purpose – searching for the perfect dram of the title.
Joanna Trollope has been writing for over 30 years, is classified as a romantic novelist and admits to being a more social than political writer.
Review of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Clare Chambers has several critically acclaimed novels of different genres behind her
Kate Weinberg's debut novel, The Truants, appeared to great acclaim – one of the New York Times Book Review's Top Ten Best Crime Novels of 2020
This is a historical novel – a dynastic family saga set against a well written, extraordinarily well researched history, principally of Burma. Three countries are involved in the tale: Burma,…
Review: The Lost Pianos of Siberia, by Sophy Roberts
Shuggie Bain is an award-winning novel, which in 2020 became only the second Scottish winner of the Booker prize. In the words of the judges 'We were bowled over by this first novel, which creates an amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.'
