tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post6772910432462221143..comments2024-03-29T09:22:57.031+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: Abzorba Da GreekUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-41216137160895565512009-03-08T10:27:00.000+00:002009-03-08T10:27:00.000+00:00The Collector is a pretty creepy novel, squire, no...The Collector is a pretty creepy novel, squire, no doubt. Left me feeling kind of dirty. A terrific quality to be able to convey.Declan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-446080742629817222009-03-05T13:00:00.000+00:002009-03-05T13:00:00.000+00:00Fuck fashion. The Collector is a fantastic book.Fuck fashion. The Collector is a fantastic book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-82434741523280576542009-03-05T00:58:00.000+00:002009-03-05T00:58:00.000+00:00Faber has the new Stav Sherez novel - The Black Mo...Faber has the new Stav Sherez novel - The Black Monastery - coming out on April 2nd. It's set on the Greek island of Palassos. I've not read it yet, but will do soon. Faber's PR doc concludes "The Black Monastery is a blistering portrait of paradise gone wrong".crimeficreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666088342752346697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-52993835242455732172009-03-04T21:54:00.000+00:002009-03-04T21:54:00.000+00:00I was in Lyme Regis last summer, Maxine, although ...I was in Lyme Regis last summer, Maxine, although I didn't go to the museum. Went for a stroll on the pier, though. The French Lieutenant's Woman is a great novel. <BR/><BR/>You're right, Maeve Binchy has written a Greek island novel. Haven't read it, though. I read a Mary Renault recently, The Bull from the Sea, and she definitely qualifies. Greek islands and Classical Age stories and / or mythology is good to go. Although I got badly bogged down in Robert Graves' The Golden Fleece last week ... tough sledding. I'll give it another whirl in a few weeks time. <BR/><BR/>Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-56304277259644942932009-03-04T21:29:00.000+00:002009-03-04T21:29:00.000+00:00I have read all of John Fowles, including The Magu...I have read all of John Fowles, including The Magus but only once, and visited his museum and other landmarks in Lyme Regis. <BR/>Greek island novels, though? I have an idea that one of your compatriots, Maeve Binchy, wrote one, but I have not read that particular title (I've read, and enjoyed, others by her).<BR/>Mary Renault, surely, must have written GI books?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com