On recommendation, I read Alan Hollinghurst’s “The Stranger’s Child” – it was every bit as good as I was told. Successive generations interpret a legendary story in different ways. An excellent book and I too recommend it.
For those more interested in fact than fiction try “The Shortest History of War” by Gwynne Dyer, an acclaimed historian. Published last year and a vital read to understand the role of war – why we do it and how we can stop it.
To round off this month, two Hamish Macbeth novels by M C Beaton “Death of a Dentist” and “Death of a Gossip” – I preferred the latter.
