Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
“Vain, weak, puerile, hypocritical, without manners, without social grace…” As America's literary voices steel themselves to document the ... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Book ReviewsExit West by Mohsin Hamid
Nadia and Saeed meet at an evening class and fall in love while the city around them swells with refugees and slides towards crisis. When they can no longer ... Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
Book ReviewsThe Sad Part Was by Prabda Yoon
Due to their condensed nature, short stories often rely on novelty to hold attention; whether that be a quirky cast, unusual perspectives or unlikely scenari... Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
Book ReviewsThe Patriots by Sana Krasikov
A 538-page debut novel set across continents and over 74 years of personal and political turmoil certainly shows intent. Largely living up to it, Krasikov&rs... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Book ReviewsSt Peter's, Cardross: Birth, Death and Renewal
The recently awarded A list status of Leith’s iconic Banana Flats shows just how much interest there currently is in the brutalist architecture of the ... Read more »| 21 Feb 2017 -
Book ReviewsA Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume
Finding only anxiety and unhappiness in the city, Frankie moves to her late grandmother’s bungalow in the country. There she will find the healing powe... Read more »| 16 Feb 2017
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Book ReviewsThis is How it Always is by Laurie Frankel
Claude Walsh-Adams was born a boy… but she isn’t entirely comfortable with the arrangement. Her four brothers and two loving, liberal parents em... Read more »| 03 Feb 2017 -
Book ReviewsSwallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg
Wioletta Greg's Swallowing Mercury (beautifully translated by Eliza Marciniak) captures the almost dreamlike quality of childhood memories. Following th... Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
Book ReviewsPerfect Remains by Helen Fields
One of Scotland's most popular literary genres, Helen Fields' new novel, Perfect Remains, brings new possibilities for narrative style and plot to ... Read more »| 26 Jan 2017 -
Book ReviewsLittle Deaths by Emma Flint
As a single mother, cocktail waitress and incorrigible man-eater, Ruth Malone is the epicentre of neighbourhood gossip. But when her two young children go mi... Read more »| 09 Jan 2017 -
Book ReviewsThe Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
Watching lines on paper come to life is a magic trick that never fades, the simple and infinite pleasure of animation. Sharon and Mel arrive at art school in... Read more »| 09 Jan 2017 -
Book ReviewsSeverance/Intercourse by Robert Olen Butler
This is a tale of two books, bound together as one. The reader need only flip and reverse to move between a collection of vignettes describing moments of int... Read more »| 05 Jan 2017 -
Book ReviewsMontpelier Parade by Karl Geary
A cold, wet spring in Dublin. Sonny sees Vera for the first time while he’s working in her garden with his da. She walks down the path towards him and ... Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
Book ReviewsFallow by Daniel Shand
They say write what you know, and so many debut novels are rooted in the author’s everyday with the result as dreary and mundane as most lives truthful... Read more »| 19 Dec 2016 -
Book ReviewsOf All That Ends by Günter Grass
A slim but weighty final volume, Of All That Ends is a worthy addendum to the celebrated canon of Günter Grass, the sadly departed Nobel Prize winn... Read more »| 16 Dec 2016