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• Small Memories by Jose Saramago
  ...ised look at a Nobel Laureate's life, we can recommend [[Summertime by J M Coetzee]]. You'll probably also enjoy [[A Life Like Other People's by Alan Bennett
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• Shifting Colours by Fiona Sussman
  .... I found myself laughing (and agreeing) with young Miriam's summation of M&S ready meals for instance. ...n the company of another great South African talent with [[Disgrace by J M Coetzee]].
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• Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
  ...o admit, I would much rather read for story as for fancy words. Clearly I'm not alone, as in 1993, the year Roddy Doyle's ''Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha'' won ...und another Booker winner to be a remarkably good read - [[Disgrace by J M Coetzee]].
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• The Interrogative Mood by Padgett Powell
  For another experimental book, have a look at [[Diary of a Bad Year by J M Coetzee]].
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• How to be Well Read: A guide to 500 great novels and a handful of literary curiosities by John Sutherland
  ...book is pertinent to what he has to say. Had I not read [[Disgrace by J M Coetzee]] before I looked at the relevant entry I might have felt that I knew just
  4 KB (721 words) - 12:47, 28 February 2018
• How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman
  [[Possession by A S Byatt]] - [[Disgrace by J M Coetzee]] - [[The Gathering by Anne Enright]] - [[Amsterdam by Ian McEwan]] - [[The
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• Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York City by Jonny Steinberg
  ...oks and after reading the praise from various sources (New York Times, J M Coetzee) I came to the conclusion that I was in for a serious and thought-provoking
  4 KB (735 words) - 15:33, 7 September 2020
• Absolution by Patrick Flanery
  ...would be hard to imagine not enjoying [[Scenes From Provincial Life by J M Coetzee]].
  5 KB (793 words) - 12:54, 23 March 2018
• Canvas Under The Sky by Robin Binckes
  ...gh from a different era, we recommend [[Scenes From Provincial Life by J M Coetzee]].
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• How Should A Person Be? by Sheila Heti
  ...ionalised autobiography by any means. [[Scenes From Provincial Life by J M Coetzee]] is a particularly interesting example of this post modernist approach. Fo
  5 KB (809 words) - 13:28, 24 March 2018
• The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
  ...t of the Vintage Booker Series. We also have reviews of [[Disgrace by J M Coetzee]], [[The Gathering by Anne Enright]], [[Amsterdam by Ian McEwan]], [[The Fa
  5 KB (806 words) - 08:55, 24 August 2020
• Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer
  ...r typically imperious opinions on modern literature: 'Regarding Kerouac, I'm allergic too. The Beats are really nothing more than a troop of malevolent ...tern]]. Real-life writers exchange ideas in [[Here and Now: Letters by J M Coetzee and Paul Auster]]. You might also appreciate [[Four New Words for Love by
  6 KB (949 words) - 10:37, 29 August 2020
• The Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund Gordon
  I used to be rather scared of Angela Carter. I'm not entirely sure why – perhaps having heard that some of her stories cou ..., and for further reading I recommend [[J.M. Coetzee: A life in writing by J C Kannemeyer]]. Similar to ''The Invention of Angela Carter'' it's a focuse
  5 KB (889 words) - 22:26, 15 February 2018
• Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D Yalom
  ...in terms of actually knowing, really knowing, anything about it – nope. I’m all too aware of the many people much cleverer than me who’ve dedicated t ...Truth, Fiction and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by Arabella Kurtz and J M Coetzee]] and [[Why We Do the Things We Do: Psychology in a Nutshell by Joel Levy]]
  5 KB (830 words) - 14:15, 17 September 2020
• Nineveh by Henrietta Rose-Innes
  ...Lion]]. If you enjoy Nineveh and still haven't read it, [[Disgrace by J M Coetzee]] is a must.
  5 KB (833 words) - 10:46, 1 September 2020
• Top Ten Books About Africa
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• August 2009 Newsletter
  In July, our most read review was [[Disgrace by J M Coetzee]], thanks to Vintage's reissue of a series of Booker Prize winners. Sue say
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• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
  ...ghts polemic, though the focus there is on what is missing from our lives. Coetzee, in common with Barnes and Thorpe refuses any easy answers to his quest.
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