Pilgrimage to the End of the World—The Road to Santiago de Compostela: Conrad Rudolph

At a time when more and more people are moving away from religion, this book takes you back to the essence of faith. Conrad Rudolph is not particularly religious, but decides to make the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, walking all the way, staying in gîtes and refugios. He writes about what it really means …

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The Book of Dave: Will Self

This is one of those books that was hard going when I was reading it but stayed with me for a long time afterwards. The book moves between the present and a few centuries later. In the present, Dave, a London cabbie, loses his mind when his marriage breaks up and his wife, Michelle, takes …

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