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A Food And Booze Tour With Harry Bosch

February 9, 2019April 6, 2021 Derek Haines 3931 Views Food, Los Angeles

Crime writing and food is a classic combo It is well-known that detectives have healthy appetites. Of course, this is particularly true amongst European detectives, from Hercule Poirot and Inspector

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The 1969 Censorship Of Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint

October 28, 2018April 16, 2021 Derek Haines 2205 Views 1969, banned books, New Jersey, New York, Newark

Nineteen sixty-nine was a tumultuous year It was the year I started to learn how to rebel. As a teenager in Perth, the most isolated city in the world, news arrived

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy And Islington

October 3, 2018February 20, 2021 Derek Haines 2558 Views Balcombe, Cottington, Islington, London, New York

After Douglas Adams destroyed Earth for a hyperspace bypass, he allowed Arthur Dent a few hometown memories The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy takes us to far away places following