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- 1Readers revisit Spike Milligan's comic novel Puckoon▼Finished another nostalgia read yesterday, after finding I somehow had two copies of ‘Puckoon’ by # SpikeMilligan on my
A reader has finished rereading Puckoon, Spike Milligan's 1963 comic novel set in an Irish border village split by a boundary line, describing it as a fun, nostalgic read that is more random and rambling than remembered, while noting some jokes feel dated. The book remains a cult favourite of British-Irish absurd humour.
- 2Murder Before Evensong stage adaptation reviewed▼Murder Before Evensong review – the Rev Richard Coles’s village mystery squeezes into cosy theatre
A theatre production of Murder Before Evensong, the village mystery novel by the Rev Richard Coles, has been reviewed by The Guardian. The review says the story squeezes into a cosy theatre, suggesting the staging captures the book's gentle, small-village atmosphere, though space may be tight. The adaptation brings Coles's clerical sleuth to live audiences.
- 3Book Review: 'She Was Wild Grass' by Katie Bennett▼Book Review: ‘She Was Wild Grass’ by Katie Bennett
Little Village Magazine has published a review of 'She Was Wild Grass', a book by Katie Bennett. Beyond the headline, no details about the book's plot, the review's verdict, or the author's background are available, so there is little to report on its contents or reception.