When I revisit books I read as a child, I notice things in them that didn’t attract my attention as a kid. Sometimes, like when rereading certain fairy tales, I am now struck by the violence,
Honey Badger Don’t Care
True Grit, as fans of the movie will know, follows fourteen year old Mattie Ross as she enlists the services of the rough and tough whiskey addicted Marshall Rooster Cogburn (a man I can relate to! Oh wait, I’m not rough and tough),
The Geriatric Spy Who Loved Me
George Smiley is the famous anti-James Bond; he’s out of shape, past his prime, charming as a box of rusty nails