Category: World War II

Thoughts: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 12 Graham Greene is considered by many to be one of the most important 20th Century English writers. His novels are always highly masculine and usually carry a complicated…

Category: 1001 Books, 2013 Challenges, 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Adultery, Book Review, British Literature, Classics Club, Fiction, Graham Greene, Jealousy, Masculinity, Modernism, PhD, post-World War II, Power, Religion, Sin/Redemption, War, World War II

Review: Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids by Kenzaburo Oe

Posted on September 19, 2010 by

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Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids by Kenzaburo Oe Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 51 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful Kenzaburo Oe’s Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids is the story of a group of teenage boys who are…

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, Dystopia, Fiction, Gay Lit, GLBT Challenge, Japan, Kenzaburo Oe, World War II

Review: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

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This is a hard novel to review – so much happens, and so little happens. Waugh tackles Catholicism, dogma and paradigms, faith in general. He tackles homosexuality, social stigma, boyishness, growth, and responsibility. Divorce, society, nobility, riches, and innocence. Alcoholism, psychosis, war, nationalism, loss,…

Category: Book Review, England, Evelyn Waugh, Fiction, Religion, World War II

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