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Bearing their fates: The Long Goodbye's incredible film noir casting
(Clockwise from top left): Sterling Hayden, Henry Gibson, Nina van Pallant This summer, I read for the first time Raymond Chandler's The...
William Leitch
Nov 18, 20184 min read


Books: Len Deighton's London Dossier
Len Deighton's London Dossier is a guide book from 1967, with stunning Penguin design (the cover flap lifts to reveal a photograph of...
William Leitch
Mar 5, 20181 min read


Books: I Read the News Today, Oh Boy by Paul Howard
I recently finished reading I Read the News Today, Oh Boy by Paul Howard. Subtitled The Short and Gilded Life of Tara Browne, the Man Who...
William Leitch
Nov 15, 20172 min read


Mashed tea and black moods: Alan Sillitoe, the British New Wave and Harry Enfield
Having long been a fan of the kitchen sink dramas of the 1960's, I finally got around to reading two books by Alan Sillitoe, a...
William Leitch
Mar 11, 20177 min read
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