1856: Το Αλγέρι βρίσκεται υπό γαλλική κατοχή και υπάρχει ο φόβος της κήρυξης ιερού πολέμου από το ισλάμ, που θα εμποδίσει τα επεκτατικά πλάνα του Γάλλου αυτοκράτορα. Ο συνταγματάρχης Ντενιό πείθει τον αυτοκράτορα και θέτει σε εφαρμογή το σχέδιό του. Φέρνει στο Αλγέρι το διασημότερο ταχυδακτυλουργ...
Given how well regarded the author's Belfast novels are in NI literary circles, and how much I enjoyed them, I decided a while ago to read all of his books-I've now read ten of his published works, and can't really say that this one was anywhere near as enjoyable as some of the others.Essentially...
In a key scene, Father Paul Michel's mother, devout throughout her life, but on her death-bed in Quebec, tells her son that she has lost her faith: there is no other life.Back on the Caribbean island of Ganae, Jeannot, whom Father Michel has raised from poverty to the priesthood, seems more conce...
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in 1955, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature (he would go on to be short-listed three times for the Booker Prize) and esta...
This was the latest of my monthly Brian Moore reads, having come to the Belfast born novelist through his Belfast based books, as I have a specific interest in fiction set in the city.This novel has nothing to do with Belfast or NI however; the protagonist, Ginger Coffey, is a recent immigrant to...
Last night, when she had gone to get her clothes from her flat, she had forgotten to pick up a letter which she needed in the office. So she breakfasted early and telephoned the Quai Saint-Michel. There was no answer. She decided Sheila wasn’t answering the phone because of the husband and so, on...