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REVIEW: Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth – Oliver Hilmes

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Ela

(Yale University Press 2011) I picked this up at Blackwell’s music shop in Oxford (along with lots of CDs of twentieth century music) – something of a departure for me, since I don’t tend to read biography, and I’m not … Continue reading →

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‘The Gargoyle’ – Andrew Davidson

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Ela

The unnamed narrator and protagonist of this novel is a former porn actor, producer, writer, etc., who has been justifiably (?) proud of his looks for years. However, when we first meet him, he is in hospital, severely burned – … Continue reading →

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