Pittenweem Library reviews
Rory Clements has published two series of books with historical themes. One series features the protagonist Professor Tom Wilde and is based around the espionage and events of World War II. His other series is the John Shakespeare books which are set in the sixteenth-century court of Elizabeth I.
Jane Gardam is a prolific author who is well known for her nPat ovels for adults such as Old Filth and The Man in the Wooden Hat. She also writes for children and young adults and a number of these novels cross over into adult fiction. The Hollow Land, which won the 1983 Whitbread Children’s Book award. So do encourage younger readers that you know to try out this author who may be new to them.
You may be familiar with Susanna Clarke’s debut novel Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell which was published to great acclaim in 2004 and was dramatised by the BBC. Her next novel and subject of our first review, Piranesi, was nominated for various literary prizes and won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2021.
It isn’t often that one can read the actual writing of a local child from the 1800s. This book allows an intriguing insight into her day-to-day life and will be of interest to all ages.
Jasper Fforde lives in Wales, began his career in the film industry and spent many years writing before his first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. Since then, he has become known for his series of books Nursery Crimes that are set in an alternative universe. The wildly inventive Constant Rabbit featured in the Sunday Times best seller list 2020.
Andrew Greig, author and poet, may be familiar to you. He grew up in Anstruther, and now lives in Orkney. His love of the scenery, history, geology and outdoor pursuits in Scotland are reflected in his published work and this book is an excellent example.
All the Light We Cannot See won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and numerous other accolades. The review of this enthralling story captures the imagination that Anthony Doerr brings to this bittersweet and moving novel.
John Grisham, an American novelist, and attorney, needs little introduction having published numerous bestselling novels, several of which have been adapted into popular films. Camino Island clearly continues to thrill and helps time pass on a journey that may be familiar to you.
A heart pounding thriller with a devastating twist.
How to Leave Twitter is an amusing and sharp witted account of the highs and lows of Twitter addiction