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Book ReviewsCrimson by Niviaq Korneliussen
Engaging themes are are given only a surface level brush in Niviaq Korneliussen's unsatisfying debut novel Read more »| 26 Oct 2018 -
Book ReviewsIn Miniature by Simon Garfield
An intriguing look at the world, shrunk down Read more »| 26 Oct 2018 -
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Resistance by Julian Fuks
Here is a novel of considerable weight and brimming with human insight. Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
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Kill 'Em All by John Niven
The novel raises the question of whether satire works in the world we live in. Niven exposes how awful the people at the top are, and how grotesque their world is Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
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If Cats Disappeared From the World by Genki Kawamura
When a young man learns of a limited prognosis, he doesn’t get very far into his bucket list before the devil appears to offer a trade: get rid of one thing from the world per day for an extra day of life Read more »| 02 Oct 2018 -
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XX by Angela Chadwick
This is Chadwick’s true strength: the ability to distil the human experience and reproduce it in print. Topical, probing and quietly intense – XX is a phenomenal debut. Read more »| 28 Sep 2018
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Book ReviewsMelmoth by Sarah Perry
Melmoth is a delicious, melancholic and complex kind of darkness which pervades throughout and makes for a gripping read Read more »| 25 Sep 2018 -
Book ReviewsThe Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry
Chris Brookmyre and Dr. Marisa Haetzman join forces on their debut novel under their Ambrose Parry moniker Read more »| 07 Sep 2018 -
Book ReviewsBrothers in Blood by Amer Anwar
Amer Anwar's debut novel is an intelligent and deft thriller set in West London's Sikh community Read more »| 06 Sep 2018 -
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Running Upon The Wires by Kate Tempest
Kate Tempest's new poetry collection plots the universal map of heartbreak, and the eventual optimism of new love Read more »| 05 Sep 2018 -
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Normal People by Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney's second novel is a devastating love story that elevates the mundane to the magnificent Read more »| 03 Sep 2018 -
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Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Edugyan explores with deft skill the damage done to a slave’s mind and the persistent workings of white privilege on the road to abolition Read more »| 09 Aug 2018 -
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Hits and Misses by Simon Rich
Hits & Misses is an eighteen-piece short story collection inspired by Rich’s experiences in Hollywood, and the collection is a thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud work Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
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Resin by Ane Riel
Resin expertly navigates a wealth of themes – obsession, grief, love, and innocence and childhood – and binds them together in a cleverly crafted, gripping tale. Addictive, brutal and honest, Resin is an emotional rollercoaster. Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
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Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
The eerie atmosphere of this imaginative page-turner by Daisy Johnson seeps into the reader and grips with claws as sharp as the Bonak’s. Read more »| 02 Aug 2018