High Rising
Angela Thirkell’s High Rising doesn’t sound like much from a summary. Basically, Laura Morland, a successful writer of “good bad books,” goes to the country for Christmas with her talkative train-obsessed son...
Ask a Policeman
The tiny village of Turnbotham Round hasn’t had a single arrest in 10 years, 5 months, and 4 days. (Never mind the fact that the police are overlooking all the...