Compelling film, nominated for best documentary feature Oscar, that made me view our last book club read, Paul Beatty's The Sellout, in a different, more serious light.
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18 Baffling. We wanted to like it... - 02 The Second Coming, John Niven
39 Not funny and full of plot holes - 03 The Road Home, Rose Tremain
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Clunky and annoying. We had high expectations from this writer – a disappointment. - 05 The Noise of Time, Julian Barnes
Not terrible, just could have been better. A surprise disappointment from this author.
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Tuesday, 31 January 2017
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