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Come and Wet this Truncheon by Dave Douglass
“Where are all the constitutional checks and balances so famed of the bourgeois political theory? The separation of powers and administrators to prevent the rise of such unchecked actions? The j… more →
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Come and Wet this Truncheon by Dave Douglass
Anomie wrote 1 month ago: “Where are all the constitutional checks and balances so famed of the bourgeois political theo … more →
The Angry Brigade.The Cause and the Case: A History of Britain's First Urban Guerilla Group by Gordon Carr
Anomie wrote 1 month ago: “They were strictly home-grown subversives, owing allegiance to no one but themselves.” … more →
Anarchy in the UK by Tom Vague
Anomie wrote 1 month ago: “That well-known group of demolition experts.” The Vietnam War is raging in Southeast As … more →
Pit Sense Versus the State: A History of Militant Miners in the Doncaster Area by David John Douglass
Anomie wrote 1 month ago: “Trade unionism is the enemy of the real unity of the proletariat which rears its violent head … more →
Charade by John Mortimer
Anomie wrote 2 months ago: “I am now what is known as a professional writer. That is to say, I am a man of weak habits, u … more →
Mrs. Craddock by W. Somerset Maugham
Anomie wrote 9 months ago: “Irony is a gift of the gods, the most subtle of all the modes of speech. It is an armour and … more →
Howard's End by E.M. Forster
Anomie wrote 10 months ago: “To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it. … more →
Loser Takes All by Graham Greene
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Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “Human beings are capable of the most simple errors.” Bertram is a middle-aged account … more →
Stanley and the Women by Kingsley Amis
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: In Stanley and the Women from Kingsley Amis, the protagonist, Stanley Duke, is a man with a lot of p … more →
Wilt by Tom Sharpe
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “And all the time his mind filled obsessively with ways of getting rid of Eva. A diet of birth … more →
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
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Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “This tourist is a thing that is out of place.” After listening to endless praise from P … more →
The Matisse Stories by A.S. Byatt
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “Time seems to stop.” The Matisse Stories is a collection of three short stories by A.S. … more →
The Sweet Shop Owner by Graham Swift
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “The things you want you never get.” Willy Chapman is The Sweet Shop Owner in Graham Swi … more →
An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “Life has a nasty habit of repeating itself” Beryl Bainbridge’s characters are a … more →
The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “and he had loved them all.” In The Sweet Dove Died Leonora Eyre is a vain, self-focused … more →
Deceits of Time by Isabel Colegate
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “One so often remembers wrong.” In Isabel Colegate’s novel Deceits of Time, Cather … more →
Tropic of Ruislip by Leslie Thomas
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “Who knows what passions are broiling…” Tropic of Ruislip is a witty novel takes t … more →
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “Sooner or later, one has to take sides.” Graham Greene’s novel, The Quiet America … more →
Down Among the Women by Fay Weldon
Anomie wrote 1 year ago: “Really, I just want to jump out of the window.” Down Among the Women–a novel by F … more →
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