I love learning languages, have been teaching English in Germany for 20 years, and I understand and endorse everything which you say. The problem is, too many people think learning a language is easier than it is, and are put off when reality hits them (maybe you should warn readers to expect this a... view book

This is a wonderful, fast-paced novel which introduces readers to the events in Argentina during the 1970s. The use of the present tense gives the story an immediacy which makes us feel as if we are there, witnessing the events described. If the story continues in the same style to the end, at once... view book

Very captivating opening chapter. Also, I like the way in which you describe the details of the old man's surroundings, it's as if you were right there when you were writing. The second part, in the house, is a lively contrast, but this contrast makes it interesting: It arouses the reader's curiosit... view book

Great introduction, we get immediately drawn in because of the boy (a child is always guaranteed to win a reader's sympathy) and then the story develops. I'll be reading on, and will be backing it as soon as there is a free space on my shelf. Michael Clifford Sometime in Andalusia www.ten-m... view book

I don’t understand what “get a butcher’s of it all” means—is that because I’m American? "Get a butcher's of it all" is London Cockney rhyming slang for "Get a look at all." The principle of rhyming slang is to take two words which go together (Butcher's hook). The second of these words rhymes... view book