Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsAnd Yet... by Christopher Hitchens
And Yet... is Christopher Hitchens’ supposedly final collection of essays, most of which were written before the publication of his previous collection... Read more »| 14 Jan 2016 -
Book ReviewsBlack Widow by Chris Brookmyre
In Black Widow, Chris Brookmyre's latest installment in his Jack Parlabane series, the investigative journalist is tasked with unearthing the mysteries behin... Read more »| 08 Jan 2016 -
Book ReviewsNicotine by Gregor Hens
Nicotine. A highly appropriate work to review this time of year, when self-imposed abstinence casts its cloud over the chaste post-Christmas period. Gregor ... Read more »| 05 Jan 2016 -
Book ReviewsBret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs by Lina Wolff
‘We’re going to call this little pup Dante. Let’s call the mangy old cur over there Chaucer.’ This is Alba Cambo, standing in front o... Read more »| 04 Jan 2016 -
Book ReviewsPaulina & Fran by Rachel B. Glaser
Paulina and Fran are struggling with art school. Paulina pretends to be an artist, to her everything is art – maintaining her hair, trying on dead peop... Read more »| 01 Jan 2016 -
Book ReviewsGolden Years by Ali Eskandarian
Singer, songwriter and novelist Ali Eskandarian's Golden Years is exactly what the literary scene needs. Claimed by Eskandarian himself as an 'Iranian-Americ... Read more »| 29 Dec 2015
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Book ReviewsDemanding Democracy by Christopher Silver
The central argument of Christopher Silver’s excellent book Demanding Democracy: The Case for a Scottish Media is twofold: every nation is held togethe... Read more »| 29 Dec 2015 -
Book ReviewsSinclair ZX Spectrum: A Visual Compendium
Although it's been bubbling for some time, 2015 could be seen as a renaissance year for the ZX Spectrum. Read more »| 15 Dec 2015 -
Book ReviewsBeatlebone by Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry's second novel, Beatlebone – adding to the author's collection of awards with the Goldsmiths Prize this year – marks a cont... Read more »| 10 Dec 2015 -
Book ReviewsPoints of Origin by Diao Dou
'There are those who would say that tales of the fantastic can come only from the times of Apuleius or Kafka,' suggests Diao Dou in his newly translated coll... Read more »| 09 Dec 2015 -
Book ReviewsFilmish by Edward Ross
Aiming to act as a 'graphic journey through film' – charting both the evolution of the medium and the theory surrounding it – the most ... Read more »| 08 Dec 2015 -
Book ReviewsOn Cats by Charles Bukowski
Like Bukowski. Love cats. Like people who love cats. Bukowski loved cats. Felt that with the best of them, 'each movement slides through space without fricti... Read more »| 08 Dec 2015 -
Book ReviewsNocilla Dream by Agustín Fernández Mallo
The first novel in the Nocilla trilogy, Nocilla Dream features an inventive though irregular series of narrative snapshots, whose singular plots intersect at... Read more »| 30 Nov 2015 -
Book ReviewsHunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
'This what it feels like to be a fan: curious, open, desiring for connection, to feel like art has chosen you, claimed you as its witness.' In her long form ... Read more »| 27 Nov 2015 -
Book ReviewsPond by Claire-Louise Bennett
A nameless woman is lost in her solitude, her thoughts and wishes. Nature and the mundane objects around her come to life and find their voice in Pond, a col... Read more »| 03 Nov 2015