26 Books

It’s easy to get historical fiction wrong. An over-abundance of research that you just can’t bear to throw away, too little or a setting that feels too close to modern circumstances or characters that appear as excuses to write about a period all rob the work of any drama it might [...]

As with my posts about the previous two books in this trilogy, there are going to be spoilers below. Go and read London Match, it’s excellent, if you want to read any further.

London Match
Len DeightonCentury Hutchinson Ltd. 1985, Hardcover, 405 pages, £10.95

Really. I’ll just spoil it, and that would be a shame. Don’t click through unless [...]