2016 is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, Crime and Punishment. To celebrate, Leeds University is holding a Dostoevsky Day on the 19th of February and I’ll be taking part. It seemed like a good excuse to read the novel again, especially as Penguin have recently published a new translation. And the translator, …
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Okay, I was amazon checking again. I know, I know. I should be past that by now. But I was just checking out the amazon page for A Gentle Axe and I discovered something rather interesting, and a little wonderful. Listed among the Other Items Customers Buy After Viewing This Item was Crime and Punishment. …
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Elizabeth A. White, whose book review blog is subtitled “The musings of an all purpose monkey”, has written a great review of A Razor Wrapped In Silk. Amongst other nice things, she said this: “The investigations make for a great detective story in and of themselves but, as with the previous two entries in the …
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There’s a new review by thriller writer Helen Black of A Razor Wrapped in Silk up on the blogsite Strictly Writing. She admits she approached the book with “a degree of trepidation”, because her dad, a hard-drinking Yorkshire miner, was a massive fan of Russian literature, and in particular Crime and Punishment, re-reading it every …
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If anyone happens to live near the village of Barton under Needwood in Staffordshire, you might be interested to know I’ll be doing an event on the Book Barge next Thursday. Here are the details. Thursday 25th November: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT WITH R.N. MORRIS 7pm-9pm / entry free Join Faber favourite RN Morris for a …