Category: book review – non-fiction
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A Traveller’s Life – Eric Newby
I am ridiculously fond of this book. It reads as if a very exciting and slightly eccentric uncle has come to stay and is sat in a battered leather armchair telling tales – each story as unexpected as the last. It is the best kind of travel writing; stuffed full of character, carting you off to places…
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The Shepherd’s Life – James Rebanks
This book has a bit of everything for everyone. As well as conjuring up the traditions of generations against a backdrop of the beautiful Lake District, there is a strong human element, unexpected happenings and the perfect balance of detail and technical talk to keep both those with prior knowledge and those without a…
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From the land of Green Ghosts – Pascal Khoo Thwe
This is a transporting and absorbing read, yet to call it magical or enchanting feels far too flippant for writing that covers so much real suffering and violence. Pascal Khoo Thwe’s life story, from growing up in a catholic tribe in Burma to fighting in the jungle as a rebel, feels an important one to…
Muggins Here 