Book Reviews
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Book Reviews
Ninety Days by Bill Clegg
The drug addiction memoir has become quite a common form, but this is one of the better written ones. Bill Clegg is a literary agent, so knows somethin... Read more »| 24 May 2012 -
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I'm Never Coming Back by Julian Hanshaw
The genesis of Julian Hanshaw's latest graphic novel I'm Never Coming Back began with Sand Dunes and Sonic Booms, the 2008 winner of The Observer/C... Read more »| 07 May 2012 -
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March Was Made of Yarn by Various
On March 11 2011, Japan’s north-east coast was hit by a massive earthquake, followed minutes later by a fifty-foot tsunami. The subsequent meltdown at ... Read more »| 02 May 2012 -
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The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan
Anais Hendricks is a fifteen year old orphan who is taken to the Panopticion, a home for chronic young offenders, after she is suspected of putting a policew... Read more »| 02 May 2012 -
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The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
The Chemistry of Tears is fresh from the pen of Peter Carey, the guy who did more for Ned Kelly than Ned ever did for himself. This time Carey does the same ... Read more »| 22 Apr 2012 -
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Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer
First, the good news: there’s no such thing as a creative type. Next, the best news: we’re all creative types. As modern science uncovers t... Read more »| 06 Apr 2012
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Time Warped by Claudia Hammond
From writer, broadcaster and psychologist Claudia Hammond comes Time Warped, an intriguing book unravelling the mysteries of time perception. With countless ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
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Tallula Rising by Glen Duncan
Tallula Rising is the middle book in Glen Duncan's werewolf trilogy, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed The Last Werewolf. Tallula is not only the last o... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
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Breathless by Anne Sward
Anne Sward's Breathless is told from the perspective of Lo, who in looking back on her childhood examines a relationship she has been unable to escape. When ... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
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We The Animals by Justin Torres
An autobiographical account of a childhood in upstate New York, We The Animals tells the story of three mixed-race brothers born to very young parents, growi... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
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Hit and Run by Doug Johnstone
Doug Johnstone continues his fascination with cliffs and cars in his fourth novel Hit and Run, a story following trainee reporter Billy Blackmore, who, aft... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
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Trackman by Catriona Child
Trackman is a novel told from the perspective of Edinburgh-born Davie Watts. Davie is haunted by the traumatic death of his younger brother Lewey, for whic... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
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Wildwood by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis
Prue McKeel was babysitting her baby brother, but could do nothing when he was kidnapped by crows and flown away. She has only one choice: to follow his abdu... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
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Trieste by Dasa Drndic
Many contemporary writers believe that in order to overcome the sense of ineffability surrounding the horrors of the Holocaust one must attempt radical innov... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
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This Is Life by Dan Rhodes
Misguided but enthusiastic heroine Aurelie Renard is struggling to come up with a project for Art College which will blow the socks off her lecherous profess... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012