bookshelves: britain-wales, paper-read, one-penny-wonder, published-1954, jewish, lit-richer, under-50-ratings, war, wwi, wwii, nazi-related, casual-violence, anti-semitic, amusing, autumn-2014 Read from September 30 to October 17, 2014 Abse by Dan Llewelyn Hall Welsh poet and author Dannie Ab...
Abse has a hard act to follow here. Doctor Glas, which I've discussed elsewhere, is a superb existential story of alienation, told from the point of view of a doctor who by virtue of his position in society is both especially connected to people - he is privy to their secrets - and especially discon...