And what a year it has been with all sorts of shenanigans exposed. So it's pleasant for the Dame to turn her attention to pure literary endeavour in our little community.
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One celebrated reviewer wrote below of the Little Red Chairs: it's little wonder the Dame cannot put the book down.
When a wanted war criminal from the Balkans, masquerading as a faith healer, settles in a small west coast Irish village, the community are in thrall.
One woman, Fidelma McBride, falls under his spell and in this astonishing novel, Edna O'Brien charts the consequences of that fatal attraction.
The novel is a story about love, the artifice of evil, and the terrible necessity of accountability in our shattered, damaged world.
A narrative which dares to travel deep into the darkness has produced a book of enormous emotional intelligence and courage.
Written with a fierce lyricism and sensibility, The Little Red Chairs dares to suggest there is a way back to redemption and hope when great evil is done."
The Dame cannot think of a better present for cultivated friends and suggests a trip to John Sandoe Books
The Dame cannot think of a better present for cultivated friends and suggests a trip to John Sandoe Books
A masterpiece of a book
ReplyDeleteThe Dame has definitely been drinking. But in the circumstances, no harm done.
ReplyDeleteThe old girl is to be congratulated on the new website - a wicked festive sense of humour and the derelict Putin Coleridge swinging from the chandelier
and hopeless Cllr Palmer throwing snowballs.....
Delete12:53...Owl
DeleteWhat do you mean by 'no harm done'?
On rare occasions the Dame has been known to over imbibe and pass out. To the consternation of those around her. And at other times her wicked pen has become erratic.
DeleteOn this occasion, a manifestation of peace and harmony and promotion of Christmas reading matter, is a far cry from the serious business of exposing what is rotten in the Rotten Borough.
A "soft" Dame would be worse than the pox
I think we should allow the Dame to indulge in her literary peregrinations. The old dear works hard exposing tomfoolery and deserves a bit of escapism. By the way, I am now making so much dosh that I bought my own Bentley
ReplyDeleteYou cannot be serious.
DeleteAnd your Complaint about that?
DeleteThe Bentley car company used to be very particular about who they allowed to buy their motor vehicles. Unfortunately the day has come when any bit of rubbish that turns up can drive away in one
DeleteYou are obviously jealous that I was sufficiently entrepreneurial that I managed to bring up my family and frequent the Fat Duck on the back of my £130,000 a year allowances. You should be praising me for being able to wheedle my way to the top with nil business experience or academic qualification. Local government is the way to go if you have a very thick child-and to be honest I am none too bright.
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