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The Debt to Pleasure – John Lanchester (1996)

The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester

July 10, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR13Bingo – Libations Here, watch this:   On the one hand I liked a lot about this book, and on the other hand it got to be a little bit of a drag at certain parts. Like all food blogs, this novel, which poses as a cookbook or recipe book has a bit of a “when do they get to the fireworks factory” issue. Our narrator, an eclectic and cryptic food writer, is slowly taking us through a culinary adventure using the seasons as his […]

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vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:303 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, john lanchester, libations ·
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A Study in Literal ‘Othering’

The Wall by John Lanchester

December 25, 2020 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

The Wall follows the exploits of a young Draftee, Kavanagh, as he does his time patrolling a literal Wall encasing his entire island nation (this name of which is never explicitly revealed). The Wall separates the ‘good’ people of Kavanagh’s homeland from the ‘Others’, sea-faring refugees who are desparately seeking to conquer The Wall and resettle in safe lands. A cataclysmic event (climate change? nuclear war?) has rendered most of the world uninhabitable and plunged most countries beneath the ever-rising sea. Kavanagh does not initially […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, john lanchester

Caesar's Wife's CBR12 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, john lanchester ·
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It’s cold on the wall.

The Wall by John Lanchester

November 22, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

We have a flat affect narration of a guard who’s serving on wall duty in a future version of England, now enclosed by a high, wide coastal wall (it made me think of the walls I’d build for Age of Empires). He’s on a two year duty of two weeks on, two weeks off civil service. The wall must be protected from the Others, anyone not already part of the UK, and any others who are able to get over all the wall, must be […]

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vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:643 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: john lanchester, The wall ·
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