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|title=Mr Lynch's Holiday
|author=Catherine O'Flynn
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Having read and enjoyed both of her previous novels, [[What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn|What Was Lost]] and [[The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn|The News Where You Are]] I was looking forward to this latest book. The story tells us of a father who surprises his son, living in Spain, with a visit. The father is recently widowed and the son's long-term partner has very recently left him, although it's some time before he admits that to his dad. What begins as a holiday turns into something of a pschological rescue mission as Dermot begins to see the problems depressing Eamonn and the ways in which he might be able to help. There's a lot about familial relationships in the book, as well as ideas about living at home and abroad.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0670918563</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|summary=ALERT! Spoilers for early books in the Rot & Ruin series are scattered throughout this review. So if you haven't read the others, get thee over to my words about [[Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry|book one]].
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471117952</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mark White
|title=Kennedy: A Cultural History of an American Icon
|rating=4
|genre=History
|summary=During his lifetime John Fitzgerald Kennedy created an image of himself that dazzled and which has largely remained intact despite the steady leakage of information over the years which could have been expected to tarnish. It could be argued that - much as in the case of Elvis Presley and Princess Diana - death was an excellent career move, but Mark White examines the way the image was built up, then maintained and - after the assassination - burnished, reinforced and protected.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1441161864</amazonuk>
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