Nick James Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Writer. Former Editor of Sight & Sound.

French Cinema: A Student's Guide
Phil Powrie
Sad to hear that Keith Reader, a regular contributor on French cinema to @SightSoundmag at one time, has died unexpectedly. A diligent and thoroughgoing enthusiast, he will be missed. RIP
Paperback, 2002
$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dubliners
James Joyce
4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...
Paperback, 1993
$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Erasure
Percival Everett
4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...
Paperback, 2011
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Passage North
Anuk Arudpragasam
4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dubliners
James Joyce
4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...
Paperback, 2017
$18.67$9.34 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Middle Danube to the Iron Gates
Patrick Leigh Fermor
I read many wonderful books in 2022. Following on are my favourite ten in alphabetical order: 1 The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, William Dalrymple; 2 Berta Isla, Xavier Marías; 3 Between the Woods and the Water, Patrick Leigh Fermor...
Paperback, 2005
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century
Jean-Luc Godard
This image was one of the things that made international cinema seem like the coolest place to be when I was young. I had the privilege to interview the supposedly difficult Jean-Luc Godard and to me he was sweet and avuncular. A king to mourn. RIP https://t.co/72aD3ed04j
Hardcover, 2000
$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Trieste
Dasa Drndic
4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...
Paperback, 2015
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Pound Era
Hugh Kenner
@johnstonglenn And, unless my eyes deceive, you haven’t yet got Hugh Kenner’s brilliant The Pound Era.
Paperback, 1973
$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rogue Male
Geoffrey Household
@DrMatthewSweet Come to think of it the title was probably taken from Fritz Lang's version of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male, which was also called Manhunt.
Paperback, 2007
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book