Book Reviews
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Book Reviews
Prayer by Philip Kerr
Contrasting human brutality with our ability to rationalise and understand the complexities of a life lived weaving amongst religious belief, Philip Kerr&r... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
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Bang Said the Gun
The Bang Said the Gun anthology has been described as a collection for 'people who don’t like poetry.' Indeed those unmoved by gushing sonnets, couplet... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
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The Vampyre Family by Andrew McConnell Stott
Halfway through the book, there's a quote from Samuel Johnson: ‘The best advice to authors would be, that they should keep out of the way of one anothe... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
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The Eidolon by Libby McGugan
“You’re asking me to sabotage one of the greatest experiments in scientific history?” asks The Eidolon’s narrator, theoretical physic... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
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The Girl on The Ferryboat by Angus Peter Campbell
This is a novel evidently written by a poet – the descriptions of life on the Scottish islands are both vivid and beautifully crafted. The anecdotes Ca... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
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Double Negative by Ivan Vladislavić
From a hilltop overlooking Johannesburg, Neville Lister and his photographer companion pick three rooftops at random and decide to pay the occupants a visit.... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013
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Personae by Sergio De La Pava
Postmodern to the core, Sergio De La Pava's Personae starts out telling the story of Detective Helen Tame – musical prodigy/polymathic essayist e... Read more »| 18 Oct 2013 -
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Half the Kingdom by Lore Segal
In 1985, The New York Times declared that Lore Segal was "closer than anyone to writing the Great American Novel." Not only is this bewildering, it's harmful... Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
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Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Comparisons to Margaret Atwood come as high praise and raise expectations, but it would be almost impossible to read Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites without... Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
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Brand New Ancients by Kate Tempest
The transition from rapper and performance poet to page poet is not an easy one, but Kate Tempest has managed it with graceful ease. Brand New Ancients is th... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
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Book of the Month: A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava
This is a defiant, digressive debut. De La Pava released it online in 2008, after years of rejection at the hands of publishers. And as the glowing online re... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
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Fashion Beast by Alan Moore, Malcolm McLaren, Antony Johnston, Facundo Percio
During his career Alan Moore has displayed many writerly talents, not least luck in being paired with equally talented collaborators. Though Moore’s au... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
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The Son by Philipp Meyer
Rumours of Philipp Meyer's method approach to research have swirled around his second novel, The Son. At August's Edinburgh International Book Festival ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
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MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
MaddAddam is the last instalment in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian trilogy that began with Oryx and Crake and continued with The Y... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
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The Human Part by Kari Hotakainen
In its opening paragraph, The Human Part’s octogenarian protagonist Salme dismisses the world of fiction in its entirety. Fiction means lies, lies are ... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013