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“Good try Andrew Bolt for having a look at it.
“As the three daughters have their most prized possessions, religious relics investigated by a Priest…Which stand for a powerful metaphor for the attitudes and beliefs of…his family and his class” - James Bolt
Seriously? Some are deemed real and some are not. The collection is the collection of one sister only, Carolina. This says more about suburban Australia and cribbing notes online the night before than anything else.
“A house of which one knowsevery room wasn’t worth living in”? Same with books and simplistic summaries.
And seriously, the notion shared that people who are religious don’t have imperfections and transparent failings is self-evidently absurd. Ever read Greene’s The Power and the Glory or Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited? Or lived?
“A book about death, about mortality, and about food…” (James Roskam)
Seriously?? About food?
“I’ve never finished the book…just like Visconti’s Death In Venice” (James Roskam)
Seriously? Death in Venice is by Thomas Mann. This is like saying you’ve: ‘never finished Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List…just like Spielberg's Jurassic park.’ Different authors. Different mediums.”Read full review »
Rob Dougan London via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/05/24
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“A great discussion about some amazing books that should be in everybody's library. You may not agree with everything the hosts say but it will prompt much discussion. Both hosts are articulate and passionate about their love of literature and it's intoxicating. Do give this one a try!”Read full review »
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11/09/18
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“They just interrupt each other, and even when they don’t interrupt each other, you can hear one of them trying to to interject.”
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12/04/23
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“I simply love the review of great literature. These guys are excellent and the chosen books are indeed great works. I only wish they would not be talking over each other so much, many times screaming, other talking so softly, it is annoying to have to constantly change the volume. With a little...”Read full review »
Ed Uardo via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/17/21
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