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James’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at James’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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James Fountain
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March 2008
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OUT OF TIME
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2006
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The Modernist Poetry of Joseph Macleod (1903-84)
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Glaciation and Other Poems
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Glaciation and Other Poems
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2010
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The Last Stop
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2018
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Out of Time
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Out of Time
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A Drinan Trilogy - The Cove; The Men of the Rocks; Script from Norway
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TICK FEVER : The Adventures of Veterinarian Superhero, The Schwick. (1)
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James’s Recent Updates
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James Fountain
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James Fountain
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| A bit of a disappointment, I have to say. I actually met Alasdair Gray, had a beer with him and witnessed him painting the epic mural at the Oran Mor at the top of Byres Road, the road I lived on in Glasgow when I did my doctorate in the mid 2000’s. ...more | |
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"Around 200 pages mark: Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo long - and unbearably boring. I only have about 200 pages left so I'll soldier through and finish it although I'm unimpressed and will probably not pick up another Gray for some time.
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"I wanted very much to love this book, which was probably my first mistake. I had heard a lot of extremely complimentary things about how it was the most unusual, eccentric and meaningful novel various people had read for ages, and I probably came to "
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| A bit of a disappointment, I have to say. I actually met Alasdair Gray, had a beer with him and witnessed him painting the epic mural at the Oran Mor at the top of Byres Road, the road I lived on in Glasgow when I did my doctorate in the mid 2000’s. ...more | |
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"1.5 for me.
I really didn’t like most of the characters. The central shift is ridiculous: a woman who’s spent her life deciding she doesn’t want children, resents her own mother for having them, told her husband she wouldn't be having them, and is ba" Read more of this review » |
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| Excellent authorized biography of a creative genius, who I’m delighted to say I met several times in Glasgow while I did my degree and PhD in literature. He is indeed a fascinating character and I remember meeting him in Tennant’s Bar and the Three J ...more | |
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