Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsS.N.U.F.F. by Victor Pelevin
In this farcical utopia, esoteric Russian writer Victor Pelevin fast-forwards our current culture – where the lines between fact and fiction are i... Read more »| 01 Jul 2015 -
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The Cartel by Don Winslow
Don Winslow’s The Power of the Dog was an epic fictional dissection of the US-Mexican drug wars, rightly regarded as a modern classic of crime fiction.... Read more »| 29 Jun 2015 -
Book ReviewsThe Well of Trapped Words by Sema Kaygusuz
In 2013, Sema Kaygusuz addressed the Edinburgh International Book Festival and spoke of the transitional qualities of literature, especially across linguisti... Read more »| 29 Jun 2015 -
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Love + Hate: Stories and Essays by Hanif Kureishi
The first story of Love + Hate invites us on businessman Daniel’s return flight home. He is sipping a glass of champagne, unaware that his trip might n... Read more »| 12 Jun 2015 -
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Liberty Bazaar by David Chadwick
High society is a form of captivity in this rollicking tour through Victorian Liverpool, which also happens to be a searing indictment of Britain’s rol... Read more »| 05 Jun 2015 -
Book ReviewsThe Good Dark by Ryan Van Winkle
There are certain buttons a writer can push for any individual reader that initiate a simple, powerful 'yes to this' response and pretty much destroy the pot... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015
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Book ReviewsBook of Numbers by Joshua Cohen
Joshua Cohen has put together something really hefty in Book of Numbers. It’s work, though it’s enthralling work if you can get it. We start with... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
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In the Enemy Camp by William Wantling
‘Things never became easy’ for William Wantling, wrote Charles Bukowski, and ‘that’s why he continued to write well.’ And remai... Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
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The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
‘But when he said to her, we are the sea – that made the most perfect kind of sense. She was the sea, and so was everyone else. We all come from ... Read more »| 14 May 2015 -
Book ReviewsDon't Try This at Home by Angela Readman
What if one summer your mum was Elvis? What if you met yourself in the future and you were homeless? What if you were born with the face of a dog, or became ... Read more »| 04 May 2015 -
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The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
Rachel Caine moves back to Cumbria after a decade spent protecting wolves on an Idaho reservation. Thomas Pennington – an earl – owns lots of the... Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
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Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman’s latest publication is a collection of fanciful stories and poems designed to rivet and excite the reader with tales of transdimensional p... Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
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The Way Out by Vicki Jarrett
"This book," says Vicki Jarrett of her new collection of short fiction, "is dedicated to all those who dream of escape." Indeed, the characters we encounter ... Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
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Gun Baby Gun by Iain Overton
Investigative journalist Iain Overton’s first book is presented as a biography of ‘the gun,’ charting its life historically and geographica... Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
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The Zoo by Jamie Mollart
James Marlowe is a marketing man at the top of his game. To all appearances, he's the very image of success: wowing big clients like clockwork, commanding th... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015