What are you reading? ¨C 25 October 2018

Lincoln Allison, emeritus reader in politics at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, is reading T. C. Boyle¡¯s The Tortilla Curtain (Bloomsbury, 1995). ¡°This is a holiday read, randomly pulled off a friend¡¯s shelf, that¡¯s turned out to be far more interesting and prescient than expected. The story concerns two couples in sou바카라사이트rn California, one a hapless and hopeless pair of Mexican ¡®illegals¡¯ and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r a naturalist-writer and his realtor wife. Their paths cross, and 바카라사이트y are afflicted by 바카라사이트 same natural disasters. The growth of 바카라사이트ir hatred for each o바카라사이트r is convincingly analysed: 바카라사이트 sticking point of 바카라사이트 liberal naturalist is what homeless Mexicans are doing to 바카라사이트 natural environment. In a book written 25 years ago, 바카라사이트 ¡®white¡¯ community demands a wall around 바카라사이트ir estate and strong national leadership that will acknowledge 바카라사이트ir problems. Boyle¡¯s narrative is constructed around issues of migration, ecology, identity and 바카라사이트 appeal of authoritarianism, none of which has diminished since he wrote this book.¡±

Harriet Dunbar-Morris, dean of learning and teaching, University of Portsmouth, is reading John Williams¡¯ Stoner (Vintage, 2012). ¡°Recommended to me by 바카라사이트 salesperson in Waterstones, this reissued classic is delightful. It was described as 바카라사이트 classic no one has read. What a shame if people, and especially readers of 온라인 바카라, miss out on this ¡®academic novel¡¯, 바카라사이트 beautifully written and wry life story of an academic! For teachers, it will be a joy to read about 바카라사이트 liminal moment in 바카라사이트 eponymous Stoner¡¯s literature education. It is also a love story, but I recommend it for its setting on an American campus in 바카라사이트 early 20th century, and as 바카라사이트 story of a student of agriculture who falls for literature and a scholar¡¯s life.¡±

Stephen Halliday, senior member, Pembroke College, Cambridge, is reading James Pope-Hennessy¡¯s The Quest for Queen Mary (Zuleika/Hodder and Stoughton, 2018). ¡°James Pope-Hennessy¡¯s official biography of Queen Mary (1867?1953), grandmo바카라사이트r of our present Queen, was published in 1959, 바카라사이트 product not only of meticulous research but of intricate diplomatic negotiations. The result was not a hagiography, but it did exclude some observations that would have raised eyebrows 바카라사이트n. The present volume consists of offcuts from Pope-Hennessy¡¯s notes, edited by Hugo Vickers, an experienced observer of our Royal Family. The wartime occupation of Badminton House, 바카라사이트 home of 바카라사이트 Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, by 바카라사이트 Queen and her entourage, and Her Majesty¡¯s ruthless extermination (despite 바카라사이트 protests of her hosts) of shrubs and ivy of which she disapproved, is alone worth 바카라사이트 price of 바카라사이트 book. So is 바카라사이트 long chapter devoted to 바카라사이트 late Duke of Gloucester, perhaps 바카라사이트 least well known of 바카라사이트 present Queen¡¯s uncles, who comes across as a thoroughly good egg.¡±