Book Reviews
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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 -
Book ReviewsIn 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 -
Book ReviewsThe 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 -
Book ReviewsThe 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 -
Book ReviewsTrigger 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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Book ReviewsThe 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 -
Book ReviewsGun 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 -
Book ReviewsThe 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 -
Book ReviewsDetroit '67 by Stuart Cosgrove
Stuart Cosgrove's immaculately researched account of a year in the life of the Motor City manages a delicate balancing act. While his love for the ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
Book ReviewsA Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh
By the end of the first chapter of Irvine Welsh's new book, Edinburgh cab driver ‘Juice’ Terry Lawson has managed to secure himself a ten grand d... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
Book ReviewsThe Discreet Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa
The latest novel from this Nobel Prize-winning writer examines a web of corruption that extends from the world of business to the heart of family life. There... Read more »| 30 Mar 2015 -
Book ReviewsThe Honours by Tim Clare
Tim Clare is a stand-up poet and the author of award-winning memoir We Can’t All Be Astronauts. His debut novel, The Honours, is a tightly pl... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
Book ReviewsBlack Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill
This true-crime classic reveals Scorsese’s The Departed as slight exaggeration rather than full-blown fabrication. His Frank Costello was, if anything,... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
Book ReviewsGirl in a Band by Kim Gordon
Chiefly famous as the bass player and co-vocalist for defunct New York post-punkers Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon wrote this memoir in the wake of her split from T... Read more »| 11 Mar 2015