Book Reviews
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Dear Mr M by Herman Koch
Mr M is a writer, and he’s being stalked by his neighbour. The stalker, our narrator, really doesn’t like Mr M. He watches the writer with contem... Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
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The Glue Ponys: Short Stories by Chris Wilson
Of all the elements of a book which might kindle our interest, the positioning of an author’s biography rarely so much as prompts a raised eyebrow. But... Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
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The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock
The revisionist treatment of the American West has gathered pace over decades, with John Wayne’s pristine duds and decency decomposing into Deadwood's ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2016 -
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Pepita by Vita Sackville-West
It was recently announced that Virginia Woolf's scandalous love affair with Vita Sackville-West will soon be immortalised in celluloid. Despite having since ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
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The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss
'If I had dared, I would have reached out to put my arm around my sad, cold daughter.' At the core of Moss’s fifth novel is a parent-child relationship... Read more »| 04 Aug 2016 -
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Beast by Paul Kingsnorth
A man alone in a barn on a moor. Outside is whiteness and emptiness and heat then rain. The man isn’t sleeping much. He’s come out here to escape... Read more »| 03 Aug 2016
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The GFG: The BFG in Scots Translatit by Susan Rennie
Getting up to look out of the window one eerily silent night, a wee girl called Sophy spots an extraordinary figure across the street.Something with twa bric... Read more »| 22 Jul 2016 -
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Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash
If Tommy Lee Jones’ character in No Country for Old Men had been able to see out his final days on the force without the interruption of a bowl-cut-wea... Read more »| 08 Jul 2016 -
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The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J Walker
Popular fiction’s current dual fixations continue apace. Characters negotiate the dismal misogyny of elaborately plotted murder/abduction fantasies or ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
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Nemesis by Misha Glenny
Rocinha, a sprawling favela in Rio De Janeiro, compresses the population of a medium-sized city densely into a small town. Its weaving streets break off into... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016 -
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Paris Vagabond by Jean-Paul Clébert
A much-needed new translation of one the great post-war French novels, even if it seems to contain little fiction. As one of the best books ever written abou... Read more »| 24 Jun 2016 -
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Negroland by Margo Jefferson
Margo Jefferson grew up in the late 1940s and 50s, in an area of Chicago she describes as ‘Negroland’. This was a time when her class and lo... Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
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Three Craws by James Yorkston
They say write what you know, and James Yorkston clearly understands the terrain of his debut novel Three Craws, set in the East Neuk of Fife. Biographical d... Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
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The Girls by Emma Cline
Emma Cline's much-anticipated debut shows its hand immediately: 'They herd everyone into the living room. The moment the frightened people understand th... Read more »| 31 May 2016 -
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Young Soul Rebels by Stuart Cosgrove
A familiar voice for many, Stuart Cosgrove looks into the enigmatic Northern Soul music scene in his latest book. From the musicians who echoed over the spea... Read more »| 31 May 2016