Got 48 hours to explore the literary haunts of London? The British capital is a treasure trove of pubs, museums and hotels steeped in booklore. Reuters correspondents with a mix of local knowledge give tips on how to spend a short stay.
FRIDAY
7pm - You;ll be thirsty for a drink when you arrive, but don;t waste [...]
16
Jan
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10
Jan
Touchstone, by Laurie R. King, $24. Set in 1926, this nonseries novel by the creator of the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes books tells the story of Bennett Grey, a veteran of the Great War whose wounds have left him with an extraordinary sensitivity to people and places, to the point that he has, in effect, become [...]
24
Dec
“Knocked Up” (Universal): Writer-director Judd Apatow (”The 40-Year-Old Virgin”) strikes again with one of the summer’s funniest and smartest comedies. Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl star in the story of a slacker forced to grow up and become a man after his drunken one-night stand with a career-minded woman leaves her pregnant. Available in a [...]
19
Dec
LA Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997) A brilliant feat of compression, neatly gutting, sanitising and arranging James Ellroy’s sprawling novel into a neo-noir showpiece. As in Chinatown, something is very rotten in the city of Los Angeles: Russell Crowe’s strongarm cop forms an unlikely bond with Guy Pearce’s uptight desk-jockey, and they bring home all of [...]
17
Dec
“Knocked Up” (Universal): Writer-director Judd Apatow (”The 40-Year-Old Virgin”) strikes again with one of the summer’s funniest and smartest comedies. Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl star in the story of a slacker forced to grow up and become a man after his drunken one-night stand with a career-minded woman leaves her pregnant. Available in a [...]
11
Dec
Es ist dieser Geruch, der %26uuml;ber der Stadt liegt. Wenn Verbrechen sich durch
solch einen Duft erkennbar macht, dann sind Mord und Totschlag in Edinburgh
auf keinen Fall unappetitlich, denn es riecht nach ordentlich gebranntem
Whisky, der in Holzf%26auml;ssern seine Zeit abwartet %26ndash; bis wieder mal ein guter Kriminalroman geschrieben wird.
Schottlands wahrscheinlich sch%26ouml;nste Stadt ist ein Ort, der [...]
11
Dec
Kalte Spiele des Geistes - Nachrichten print-welt - WELT ONLINE
Posted by admin Published in nabokov novelBald gibt es den britischen Booker-Preis seit vierzig Jahren, und mit der Zeit gleicht es sich aus. 1989 war Kazuo Ishiguros Roman “Was vom Tage %26uuml;brigblieb” John Banvilles “Buch der Beweise” eine - wie die rennbegeisterten Briten gern sagen - knappe Nasenl%26auml;nge voraus, 16 Jahre sp%26auml;ter war es Zeit f%26uuml;r eine Revanche, und diesmal lief [...]
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