Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsThe Alarming Palsy of James Orr by Tom Lee
Tom Lee shows plenty of skill in his debut novel, but fails to elevate the book beyond other cleanly told tales of middle-class life Read more »| 03 Nov 2017 -
Book ReviewsTranslation as Transhumance by Mireille Gansel
A remarkable and illuminating memoir by French translator Mireille Gansel, faithfully rendered in English by Ros Schwartz Read more »| 02 Nov 2017 -
Book ReviewsDemi-Gods by Eliza Robertson
A gripping debut novel by Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner Eliza Robertson Read more »| 02 Nov 2017 -
Book ReviewsThe Parcel by Anosh Irani
Indian-Canadian novelist Anosh Irani's latest book delves into the world of India's transgender community Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
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Abandon by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
At points Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay's new novel is remarkably effective, but at times its style feels overly laboured Read more »| 06 Oct 2017 -
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The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover
An insightful but sometimes oversimplified look at the writing of 1984. Read more »| 06 Oct 2017
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Grace by Paul Lynch
Imagine Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses and L M Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables merged and you have the new novel from Paul Lynch Read more »| 05 Oct 2017 -
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The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie turns his trademark style to the age of Twitter, Trump and identity politics in The Golden House Read more »| 28 Sep 2017 -
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The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose
The stakes are low and the quality lower in Augustus Rose's trudge of a debut novel Read more »| 15 Sep 2017 -
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H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker
Nicola Barker's new novel is somehow altogether chilling and inspiring Read more »| 15 Sep 2017 -
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The City Always Wins by Omar Robert Hamilton
A raw, powerful and relentlessly bleak look at the Egyptian political crisis Read more »| 15 Sep 2017 -
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A Life of Adventure and Delight by Akhil Sharma
Akhil Sharma's new collection captures the complexities and contradictions of emotional life Read more »| 07 Sep 2017 -
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Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang
Jenny Zhang’s Sour Heart explores the difficulty of being caught on the hyphen of Chinese-American in biting, brutal, darkly hilarious style. Read more »| 07 Sep 2017 -
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Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck
Jenny Erpenbeck's remarkable new novel questions our understanding of borders and identity, and calls above all for compassion Read more »| 06 Sep 2017 -
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Let Us Be True by Alex Christofi
Love, loneliness and existential angst in post-war Europe. Read more »| 03 Aug 2017