Danny Yee's Book Reviews

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Latest reviews (all recent reviews)

Twentieth-Century German Poetry (Michael Hofmann) - a dual language anthology
Inspector Imanishi Investigates (Seicho Matsumoto) - a murder mystery in 1960 Japan
The Pendragon Legend (Antal Szerb) - a playful Gothic romp dominated by gentle irony
Alice Springs (Eleanor Hogan) - the other "middle Australia"
A History of the English Language (Richard Hogg, David Denison) - "pitched at senior undergraduates in the main"
The Indonesian Language (James N Sneddon) Its History and Role in Modern Society

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