Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs)
Feel free to judge this book by its cover, it does what it says on the tin
Mary is an expert on all things Hemingway and this biography takes a deep dive into his life. From his childhood to his death this book benefits from extensive lifting from Hemingway’s personal letters and published works as well as containing a variety of photographs of key people and places. These elements serve to illustrate …
Author: Rob Doyle Title: Here are the Young Men Press: Bloomsbury Prizes: Date of publication: 2014 Date of purchase: September 2018 RRP: £7.99 Price of purchase: £1.95 Reading time: 2 Weeks Rating:  4 Well heck. This was deeply disturbing from start to finish. A stark glance into an alternative Dublin populated with disillusioned youths and …
Filth: Irvine Welsh Dead Air: Iain Banks Here Are the Young Men: Rob Doyle
Just back from a lovely afternoon at the Southbank Centre. Cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of Cassara’s debut novel The House of Impossible Beauties. Both he and Andrew McMillan spoke eloquently on their own struggles coming to terms with their male-ness and the contradictions of masculinity in the twenty first century. …
Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs) 