RLB’s weekly recommendations
Andrea Camilleri was nearly 70 in 1994, when the first book was published in a series that would make him the bestselling and best-loved writer in Italy. Twenty-five years later he has just died, leaving 20 novels featuring the brooding Sicilian police chief, Salvo Montalbano, whose instinct for understanding ordinary people helps him to solve … Continue reading Book of the Week, August 3rd 2019
We booksellers are in the wonderful position of never being short of a book (or two!). Every now and then one stands out amongst the myriad of titles, making us put the book we are currently reading to one side. This week, the book to turn our heads is the novel, ‘On Earth We’re Briefly … Continue reading Book of the Week, July 27th 2019
This may be rather a small book for a town with so much history but that makes it perfect for those wanting a short introduction to Colchester as well as for visitors. With a map at the front, it can be used as a walking tour guide by following the numbered stopping points. Each page … Continue reading Book of the Week. 20th July 2019
It is more than fifty years since ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ was published. It was the first picture book created by Judith Kerr who has since written and illustrated scores of books that have delighted children for generations. Though she died earlier this year, a last story has just been published. It features … Continue reading Book of the Week, 13th July 2019
Slough House is the back-street base for the least popular department of the UK’s intelligence service. It is the dead-end destination for disgraced operatives, for the washed up and the worn out. Jackson Lamb, who heads up this bunch of misfits, might be lazy, overweight and alcoholic but is still master of deception and spy … Continue reading Book of the Week, July 6th 2019
From the earliest of times people would gather together around the warmth of a fire and tell stories. Out of these oral traditions arose some of the best tales ever told. Tales of dragons and treasure, of great quests and mighty battles. The Odyssey is one of the oldest works of European literature and after … Continue reading Book of the Week, 29th June 2019