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The Highfield Mole Hate to say told you so (actually I don't, it's what I live for), but has anyone out there done a search for this book lately on Amazon, ABEbooks, eBay, etc? Glad I got my copies for $20 before the prices went loopy. This book is one to watch. Told you so...

Has anyone out there read any works by Mary Butts (1890-1937), such as The Taverner Novels, The Macedonian, The Crystal Cabinet, and The Ashe of Rings? She was a colourful and wild character, too outrageous even for the Bloomsbury set, with her opium addiction and her singleminded...

But isn't there something nearly as bad? What if you are getting on quietly with your life, and all of a sudden, some woman writing in a corner cafe 5,000 miles away decides to use your name for her main character. And, with the runaway success of her novels, and films, your life, Mr Harold...

If you are referring to me, I am very critical, far too critical. Perhaps it comes as a result of reading far too many over promoted, unworthy and unremarkable books, particularly where they are nominally "by a celebrity" (which means their co-author did all the work).

The Highfield Mole I hope you are not disappointed!

The Highfield Mole Hi there Ainulindale. Yes, that's the one. I'm must admit I'm not usually impressed by many of these so called young teenager books, but this one is different, much in the same way that Mark Haddon's "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" or moments in the "His...

I've managed to get hold of a recently published book called "The Highfield Mole",and have to say I found it absolutely gripping. It is, ostensibly, a book for kids but shouldn’t be overlooked because of this. The story is around a young teenager who blunders into a strange underground colony -...