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1954

Pamela Frankau: A Wreath for the Enemy

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

Pamela Frankau’s 1954 novel, A Wreath for the Enemy, is a wonderfully circular act of atonement through literature.

Categories Book Reviews, Pamela Frankau Tags 1950s, 1954 1 Comment

Barbara Comyns: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead

February 7, 2018April 21, 2014 by Amanda Sarasien

For her first post on The Mookse and the Gripes, Amanda Sarasien reviews Barbara Comyns’ Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead.

Categories Barbara Comyns, Book Reviews Tags 1950s, 1954 5 Comments

Dylan Thomas: A Child’s Christmas in Wales

May 21, 2020December 25, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Merry Christmas from The Mookse and the Gripes. Here’s a brief recommendation for Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

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