Season of bad will 7/10 I borrowed ‘A Season In The West’ on the recommendation of my mother-in-law [insert predictable joke here], who suggested I might find in it interesting parallels with Rose Tremain’s ‘The Road Home‘ which deals with similar themes. Both books concentrate on the migrant experience of London life, ‘The Road Home’ [...]
Book Review: Piers Paul Read – A Season In The West
October 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Fiction
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The Road Home – Rose Tremain
August 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Fiction
The road to salvation 7/10 Rose Tremain’s Orange Prize-winning ‘The Road Home‘ is a compassionate if somewhat conventional novel about a migrant worker from Eastern Europe who seeks a job in England to provide money for his family. Opening with a quote from The Grapes of Wrath, ‘The Road Home’ is a contemporary take on [...]
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