There was an article in Literary Review recently, in which DJ Taylor bemoaned the state of publishing and the literary world in general, culminating in the conclusion that reading a book is, by and large, a more valuable and more rewarding activity than watching a film, laughing at a stand-up comedian or hunkering down over [...]
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- Hugo is worth seeing for a lot of reasons - not least its beautifully detailed (if dreamily romanticised) vision of Paris in 1930. 1 day ago
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- Can't wait to get started on Pure by Andrew Miller, a novel set in the darkly fascinating Cimetiere des Innocents http://t.co/ZeBznS5V 3 days ago
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