==Literary fiction==
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{{newreview
|author=Madeline Miller
|title=The Song of Achilles
|rating=4.5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Before I started the book, I looked out my copy of Homer's ''The Iliad'' and skim-read its one page introduction (yes, yet another book in my 'must-read' pile but it's been on it for about ahem, ten years). Having said that, it is rather dry and scholarly which didn't really inspire me to get on with this book as I wasn't really looking for a 'heavy' read, especially on a nice summer's day. Onwards ...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408816032</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Tiziano Scarpa