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	Final Approach: My Father and Other Turbulence 4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mark Blackburn rated a book it was amazing Things Don't Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This novel surprises. Again and again. Reading the first chapter, Supper with friends, I thought I was in for a Sally Rooney-esque comedy of modern manners. But oh no. We’re quickly drawn back into the past, a shadowy and often cruel past, which then ...more
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Mark Blackburn rated a book it was amazing Let the Game Commence by David Palin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Let The Game Commence Disclaimer: I know David. We met at a book fair near my parental home and immediately hit it off; we’ve continued our friendship online since. So when David read and reviewed my book Final Approach, it was only right that I should ...more
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Mark Blackburn rated a book it was amazing There's No Business Like International Business: Business Travel – But Not As You Know It by Oliver Dowson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ostensibly a single work, There’s No Business… is more two different books in one volume. Though both could be described as memoir, the two parts are quite different – the first being a traditional travelogue and the second more the tale of the relat ...more
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Mark Blackburn rated a book it was amazing Bored to Death in the Baltics by Steve Sheppard (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Bored to Death is a delightful pacy spy romp from leafy English suburbia to rocky Baltic coasts. The author's wit shines through - principally but not exclusively through the words of the protagonist Saul Dawson, who is at times more Mr Bean than Mr ...more
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