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Of Mice and Men? No, Cats and Kings

Advantages: If you like cats and you like travel it's perfect
Disadvantages: If you hate cats and dippy women, this one's not for you

...My friend Tina always claimed that the only relationship in her life which hadn’t been dysfunctional was with a Jack Russell Terrier. Exasperated by men both specifically and generally, she went searching for loving company in the shape of a large grey re ...

koshkha 23.06.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Of Cats and Kings - Clare de Vries

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Off the Rails? Should have got off at Barking!

Advantages: Compelling, evocative, unusual
Disadvantages: Leaves questions unanswered

Before I read "Off the Rails: The Memoirs of a Train Addict", I knew virtually nothing about its author, Lisa St. Aubin de Teran. Now, the woman is a complete enigma! I spent much of the time I was reading this book shaking my head in wonderment; from an ...

fizzytom 21.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Off the Rails - Lisa St Aubin De Teran

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Pistols, Prostitutes & Paedophiles - nasty stuff

Advantages: None - this is a nasty book about nasty people doing nasty things
Disadvantages: Badly written and nasty

One of life's eternal questions must be 'why do most people behave pretty much the way they should, pretty much most of the time?' Excluding the odd bit of swearing at speed cameras and folk who 'forget' a few little things on their tax returns, society g ...

koshkha 20.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Off the Rails in Phnom Penh: Into the Dark Heart of Guns, Girls, and Ganga - Amit Gilboa

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