Book Reviews
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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 -
Book ReviewsDancing in the Dark by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Since the first of the series was originally published in 2009, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle has sent a literary shockwave rippling down through e... Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
Book ReviewsGhost: 100 Stories to Read with the Lights On
Certain writers you’d expect to see in a collection of ghost stories: Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker, of course. But how about Hilary Mantel, Kazuo Is... Read more »| 28 Oct 2015 -
Book ReviewsList of the Lost by Morrissey
Never meet your heroes. And now, never read their books it seems. I have, and heaven knows I’m miserable now. In List of the Lost, Morrissey –&nb... Read more »| 26 Oct 2015
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Book ReviewsOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Time to rediscover Randall P. McMurphy, as Ken Kesey's classic novel is treated to a folio edition. Read more »| 08 Oct 2015 -
Book ReviewsBream Gives Me Hiccups, by Jesse Eisenberg
Millennial actor-turned-author Jesse Eisenberg plays to the crowd in this short story collection. Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Book ReviewsCity on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg
Garth Risk Hallberg's first full novel, City on Fire, has been compared to Don DeLillo's masterpiece, Underworld Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Book ReviewsEndgame by Ahmet Altan
Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan makes his English language debut with Endgame, originally published in Turkish as Son Oyun Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
Book ReviewsThe Life-Writer by David Constantine
Frank O' Connor Short Story Award winner David Constantine returns with new novel The Life-Writer Read more »| 02 Oct 2015 -
Book ReviewsWaiting for the Past by Les Murray
Les Murray's new short story collection is sumptuously satisfying for the patient reader. Read more »| 09 Sep 2015 -
Book ReviewsThe Seed Beneath the Snow by Joanna Ramsey
With The Seed Beneath the Snow, Joanna Ramsey chronicles the later years of George Mackay Brown. Read more »| 01 Sep 2015 -
Book ReviewsWind/Pinball: Two Novels by Haruki Murakami
With Wind/Pinball, Japanese author Haruki Murakami finally grants his first two novels a UK release. Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
Book ReviewsOn Writing by Charles Bukowski
‘I am a dangerous man when turned loose with a typewriter,’ wrote Charles Bukowski in late 1960. But he was only just getting going: the letters ... Read more »| 28 Aug 2015