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Tag Archives: Bruce Chatwin
In Welsh hills
Another review to add to Paula Bardell-Hedley’s Wales Readathon. Chatwin’s novel of 20th century life in the Black Hills of Wales wasn’t in my TBR pile for this month, but it called to me from the pages of Anthony Bailey’s … Continue reading
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Bruce Chatwin in Wales
On the Black Hill (1982), 249 pp. Twin brothers Benjamin and Lewis Jones, born in 1900, are the main characters in this novel, but Wales also has a starring role. In other words, this book isn’t just about Benjamin and … Continue reading
