Category: psychopaths

What’s essential? Pandemic reading

Jul 20, 2020

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Pen

in Blasket islands, Cli-fi novels, psychopaths

Three outstanding books In the early days of the pandemic a contents box on the front page of a newspaper stated: ‘WHAT’S ESSENTIAL In France, wine In the US, guns.’ For me, it’s books. (Hmmmm, maybe the wine comes a close second.) Some people want to read books like Camus’ The Plague during this pandemic.…
Tenderly caressing sentences

Jun 13, 2018

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Pen

in Common Good, david gillespie, John Clanchy, K.a. Nelson, Poetry books, psychopaths, Short stories

Three favourite books I’m always driven by curiosity and apart from work these past few weeks I’ve been spreading my brain too thinly across a vast variety of stimulating books. In the time it takes to write a blog I could have read another book or two. With so many fascinating books piled up –…