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#BookReview of #EdithAndKim by Charlotte Philby | @PhilbyWrites @BoroughPress

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th April 2022Leave a comment

‘To betray, you must first belong…‘Edith and Kim [ About the Book ] In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was called Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th century history. Then she was written out of it. Drawing on the Secret Intelligence…

#BookReview of #TheMagician by Colm Tóibín

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne5th April 20225 Comments

‘”Papa is a magician”, he said.“He is the Magician!” Erika repeated.From being a joke, or a way of cheering the table up, the new soubriquet for their father stuck. Erika encouraged all visitors to join her in giving her father this new name’– The Magician [ About the Book ] The Magician tells the story of…

#Extract – #AnHonestLife by @JFConroy1

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne4th April 2022Leave a comment

‘Ruthless crime lord Declan Hennessy has only one ambition; to rule Dublin’s northside.‘– An Honest Life An Honest Life by J.F. Conroy was published November 2021 and is described as ‘a powerful and stirring crime novel with a dark sense of humour that reveals the redemptive power of adversity.’ I am delighted to share an…

#BookReview of  #TheClub by @ElleryLLoyd | @MantleBooks 

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne1st April 20224 Comments

‘It was the club you’d kill to join; the launch event to which the A-list were dying to be invited. What no one could have anticipated was how tragically things were about to go wrong’– The Club [ About the Book ] There’s no place like Home . . . The Home Group is a…

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