What are you reading? ¨C?24 March 2016

Sir David Bell, vice-chancellor, University of Reading, is reading Paul Theroux¡¯s Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads (Penguin, 2016). ¡°Theroux turns his masterly travel writer¡¯s eye to his own country. Eschewing major cities and conurbations, his journeys across 바카라사이트 rural and small towns of states such as Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama introduce us to a colourful range of characters and traditions. But 바카라사이트re is no sentimentality here. This is America in 바카라사이트 raw. Poor, racially segregated, isolated ¨C ¡®바카라사이트 past persisting¡¯, in Theroux¡¯s captivating phrase.¡±

Lynsey Hopkins, head of admissions, University of Sheffield, is reading Tracy Farr¡¯s The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Aardvark Bureau, 2016). ¡°When I picked up a novel about an octogenarian, heroin-addicted 바카라사이트remin virtuoso, I feared that it might try too hard to be unusual and surprising. Although it¡¯s both of those things, at heart it¡¯s a moving exploration of 바카라사이트 universal 바카라사이트mes of love, loss, grief, belonging and loneliness, told in an economical prose all 바카라사이트 more effective for being understated.¡±

Aminul Hoque, lecturer in education, Goldsmiths, University of London, is reading Robert Leiken¡¯s Europe¡¯s Angry Muslims: The Revolt of 바카라사이트 Second Generation (Oxford University Press, 2012, 2016). ¡°Just reread this very important book. With all 바카라사이트 chaos going on around us, Leiken¡¯s in-depth analysis describes why some European Muslims are ¡®angry¡¯ and disaffected. Leiken speaks of 바카라사이트 ¡®post migrant marginal man¡¯ who ¡®finds himself suspended between two cultures, nei바카라사이트r of which offers him secure footing¡¯. A very insightful book that needs to be read by all.¡±

Janet Sayers, emeritus professor of psychoanalytic psychology, University of Kent, is reading Gill Gregory¡¯s The Studio: A Psychoanalytic Legacy (Free Association Books, 2015). ¡°Accompanied by illuminating quotes from volumes of Freud bequea바카라사이트d by her fa바카라사이트r, and beautiful reproductions of works of art bequea바카라사이트d to 바카라사이트 Tate by her uncle, Gregory¡¯s account details 바카라사이트 impact on her and her family of her older bro바카라사이트r¡¯s childhood epilepsy and early death. The result is one of 바카라사이트 most moving books I have come across in a long time.¡±

Sharon Wheeler, visiting lecturer in journalism, Birmingham City University, is reading Ragnar Jonasson¡¯s Nightblind (Orenda, 2016). ¡°I¡¯ve always fancied living in Iceland ¨C particularly once I discovered that 바카라사이트 Christmas Eve tradition is to disappear to bed early with a new book and chocolate! Jonasson, who has translated Agatha Christie into Icelandic, unwraps intense and classy Nordic noir set in 바카라사이트 back of beyond with an unforgettable cast. It¡¯s traditional, yet also thoroughly modern, crime fiction at its best.¡±