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A Bronze Age Cremation Cemetery and Other Prehistoric and Medieval Discoveries on the A477 Road Replacement Scheme, Carmarthenshire – Cotswold Archaeology

Small World by Martin Suter
TomMcGreevy's review: "A solid, well written story about the secrets that had been kept hidden within a family over generations. Perhaps its strongest point is the account it gives of the onset of Alzheimer's disease on an elderly man causing him to forget the recent, and remember what others wished to keep buried."
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
TomMcGreevy's review: "A remarkable depiction of what childhood trauma can do to personal development. Yes it is a work of fiction, and a rather good one. Wonderfully written, compassionate, and wise."
Satin Island : a novel by Tom McCarthy
TomMcGreevy's review: "There is something oddly reminiscent of Italo Calvino in this book. Of Wittgenstein too - the structure, the apparent argumentation, towards an insight. Phenomenology as well in that perception is key to understanding. And Claude Lévi-Strauss. Yeah, this is a novel, about a man trying to make sense of his life/work/world. And […]
Swing Time: A Novel by Zadie Smith
TomMcGreevy's review: "In short, life will only get worse tomorrow. Rather unrelentingly..."