Unlikely Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman
John Wilson profiles Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the 19th century political figure whose career rose from radical liberal MP to prime minister. The book traces his War Office reforms, Irish policy tensions, and leadership era with a measured, period voice, noting his wit and pragmatic wisdom.
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Gladstone
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Rosebers
Sir William Harcourt
David Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Not Ordinary Families by Joanne Greenberg review
Joanne Greenberg undertakes a perceptive survey of contemporary American life in a 12 story collection. The author explores isolation across diverse groups from poor farmers to immigrant families, with Sarah the deaf wife at center as she confronts shared human longing and failure to connect.
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Joanne Greenberg
Hannah Green
Societ
Sarah
DAR
New York
Anne
Annie
Caiforna
Talifornia
Hollywood
Seaman
Uncle Joe
California
Masahiro Oki
Japan
Paul Flesch
Melbourne
India
Tibet
China
Jvotamavananda
Lilian K. Donat
Flannery O'Connor
Hobart
Schaller
Schallers
Inc
Allingham
Margers Allingham
The Lion of Boaz Jachin and Jachin Boaz review
A critic analyzes Russell Hoban s The Lion of Boaz Jachin and Jachin Boaz comparing its allegory to The Mouse and His Child. The novel follows father J B and son B J on parallel journeys seeking meaning, with lions extinct as a backdrop. The reviewer praises moments yet laments too cerebral a approach that undercuts emotion, calling the work a candle light not a beacon.
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Russell Hoban
Jachin-Boaz
B-J
J-B
France
B I
Middle East
Israel
The Rudderless Drifters Treated Tolerantly
Doris Lessing collection The Rudderless Drifters Treated Tolerantly surveys 13 stories set in London and South Africa. It highlights Lessing’s humane wit, varied forms from first person narratives to satirical fables, and characters like Hetty John and Johnny Blakeworthy within a humane critical view of modern values.
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London
South Africa
Regent’s Park
Sian Post Office
Johnny Blakeworthy
Bigamist
John
Hetty
Miss Lessing
Paula Fox Western Coast review and literary notes
Paula Fox's novel The Western Coast is praised for its finely drawn Annie Giantala a decisive anti hero whose passivity hides strength. The essay notes Fox mastery of characterisation and the book's initiation motif set in 1930s New York and California with vivid social portraits. The review lauds Fox's style and suggests Annie's future possibilities while placing the work in a larger pattern in Fox's fiction.
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Paula Fox
Fox
Annie Giantala
Annie
Morten
New York
Eense
Paperbacks review puffs The Sensuous Woman and The Manipulated Man
PAT RAPPOLT reviews two hot market titles The Sensuous Woman by an anonymous author and The Manipulated Man by Esther Vilar. The preview notes bold claims about female sexuality and gender dynamics, praising humor while sparking feminist backlash and reader debate. Both books are issued in Mayflower and Corgi paperback editions with prices listed for quick sale.
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Aftonimus
Mayflower Hooks Ltd
Esther Vilar
Corgi
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