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Neale Lucas
Jul 16, 20223 min read
THE NIGHT SHIP
Kidd has based her latest novel on the historical sinking of the BATAVIA off the west coast of Australia in 1629. There are two narrative...
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Neale Lucas
Jul 9, 20223 min read
THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET.
The novel opens with a magistrate’s concubine in the throes of a difficult childbirth. The baby has no pulse and is in a transverse...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 13, 20223 min read
LOVE & VIRTUE.
Although Michaela has cut Eve out of her life, she still retains a lingering presence. Everywhere Michaela turns Eve seems to be there....
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Neale Lucas
Jun 5, 20223 min read
SHIT CASSANDRA SAW.
In Greek Mythology Cassandra was a priestess of Apollo around the time of the Trojan War. She was a daughter of Priam, the King of Troy....
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Neale Lucas
Jun 1, 20223 min read
BLACK SWAN GREEN
“Hangman” is the name Jason Taylor gives to his stammer, humanizing his affliction perhaps making it a little easier to manage. He has...
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Neale Lucas
Apr 30, 20226 min read
CLOUD ATLAS.
Firstly, let me just say that Cloud Atlas is one of my favourite books of all time. It was the book that introduced me to the wonderful...
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Neale Lucas
Apr 13, 20223 min read
THE COVES.
Sam Bellamy is twelve years old and yet he has survived the Boys home, watching his father killed, his mother flogged and transported to...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 7, 20223 min read
number9dream.
Eiji Miyaki has travelled to Japan determined to find the father who abandoned him, his mother and sister. A gargantuan task with Eiji...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 24, 20224 min read
KLARA AND THE SUN.
Klara is an AF, an “Artificial Friend”. She is in a store awaiting purchase. AFs are powered, or receive nourishment, from the sun. So,...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 10, 20224 min read
THE SECRET LIFE OF MR ROOS.
Winning the pools gives Ante Valdemar Roos the chance to escape a life that he can’t stand, and a life that seems to be bored with him....
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Neale Lucas
Feb 9, 20227 min read
GHOSTWRITTEN.
REVIEW BY NAT K. ”Clouds began to ink out the stars, one by one.” To say I’m overawed and overwhelmed is an understatement. This was...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 8, 20223 min read
THE KEEPERS.
To say that Jay, the protagonist of this wonderful debut novel, is doing it tough, is an enormous understatement. Where do we start. I...
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Neale Lucas
Jan 19, 20222 min read
RETURNING TO CARTHAGE.
“Returning to Carthage” is a collection of six linked short stories which explore the many different forms of love. The stories traverse...
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Neale Lucas
Dec 24, 20213 min read
THE ROOT OF EVIL.
Gunnar Barbarotti locks his door grabs his suitcase and is heading off for his holiday in Gotland with Marianne when he is interrupted by...
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Neale Lucas
Nov 28, 20213 min read
MEDUSA THE GIRL BEHIND THE MYTH.
Even if you are not a lover of Greek Mythology the chances are extremely high that you will at least have heard of the infamous Gorgon...
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Neale Lucas
Nov 25, 20213 min read
THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES.
The narrative is split into three different parts. Geographically it is set on two Islands, Cyprus and England. The novel opens in...
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Neale Lucas
Nov 13, 20213 min read
THE DARKEST DAY.
Karl-Erik Hermansson and his daughter Ebba are celebrating their 65th and 40th birthdays with the one big family get together. The party...
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Neale Lucas
Nov 9, 20213 min read
GREAT CIRCLE
The novel predominantly tells the story of two women who live generations apart. Marian Graves, a daring aviatrix who disappears while...
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Neale Lucas
Oct 21, 20213 min read
CHINA ROOM.
The novel is broken into two narrative arcs joined by blood. The major storyline is set in Punjab, 1929. The protagonist is 15-year-old...
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Neale Lucas
Oct 5, 20213 min read
THE PROMISE.
Now that it has finally happened Amor is finding it almost impossible to believe that her mother is indeed dead, has passed from this...
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