Mary Albon
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Book Review: The Real John Le Carré
A new biography by Adam Sisman deciphers the coded life of novelist David Cornwell Duplicity and betrayal are constant themes in the writing of “John Le Carré”, the pen name of Cold War tale-spinner David Cornwell. In John Le Carré, The Biography, Adam Sisman illuminates the formative elements in Cornwell’s layered life that helped to […]
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Book Review: “A Poem on Every Page” – Joseph Roth’s Hotel Years
A master of the feuilleton, the author’s virtuosity is on full display on every page of this collection of newspaper essays about people and politics ...
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Book Review: The Man and the Road
Traveler, soldier, linguist, scholar, bon vivant, grand flaneur, Patrick Leigh Fermor was one of the greatest travel writers of the 20th century. Arte...
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Books | Life after Wartime
Elisabeth de Waal’s The Exiles Return depicts the heartbreak of postwar homecomingElisabeth de Waal is a familiar name to readers of her grandso...
