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David Lewis James

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Born

in London, The United Kingdom

March 18, 1932

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http://www.quaggabooks.net

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, History

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Proust, Joyce, Dickens etc

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April 2008

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David James is the author of more than 150 articles and book reviews. He is a graduate from London, Leeds and British Columbia, and has taught at universities in England, North America, Morocco and the Gulf.

As a specialist in Nineteenth Century fiction he has been the recipient of a Commonwealth Scholarship and a British Academy Fellowship. Charles Dickens and the Night Visitors is his fifth published novel.

In 2014 he inaugurated The Quagga Prize for Literary Fiction, won last year by Enver Carim. This year's winner is Peter Cowlam for Who's Afraid of the Booker Prize?

He lives in London with his wife and family.
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	Manuscripts Of The Holy Qur'an: Volume 1, From The Beginning To The Fall Of Baghdad H656 Ad 1258 = Mund̲u Al Bidāyaẗ Wa Ḥattá Suqūṭ Baġdād ʻām 658 H 1258 M: Al Ǧuzʼ Al Awwal 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998	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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Five Star Reviews and all that

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I’ve always bleated on about five star reviews, which are frequently supported by useless comments such as ‘couldn’t put it down’, ‘Wow!’ or, my favourite ones: ‘beautifully written,’ or ‘wonderfully crafted.’

I used to subscribe and even review for newbooks and was for a time taken in by such effusions. I’d think, ‘there’s so much wonderful stuff out there Read more of this blog post »

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The Paying Guests

by Sarah Waters

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Waters, Sarah. The Paying Guests

After an intriguing start the book gets lost in a police procedural caper that drains one’s initial relish. The author obviously has the power to arouse reader interest and even to delight by recalling the London of po ...more "

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