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Walter Kempowski: Homeland

August 28, 2019Books, HistoryWalter Kempowski Homelandgertloveday

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Nonsensical thoughts

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Eleanor Anstruther: A Perfect Explanation

August 21, 2019BooksAnstruther A Perfect Explanationgertloveday

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Frauds/freuds 8: the ‘Very Reverend’ Robert Parkin Peters

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Elizabeth Macneal: The Doll Factory

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The egoist

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Richard Roper: Something To Live For

August 7, 2019BooksRichard Roper Something to love forgertloveday

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Books for your gloomy friends

August 4, 2019BooksAuerbach Imperial Boredom, Bruce The Penguin Book Of Hell, Forth Fat A Cultural Historygertloveday
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