Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsMrs Hemingway by Naomi Wood
Ernest Hemingway was a great man: a writer, a lover, a fighter. But this novel is about the women who normally comprise his subplot – the wives. O... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Book ReviewsDocherty by William McIllvanney
The story of Ayrshire miner Docherty covers three generations, telling the story of how Tam Docherty came to be the giant of his local community; a kind of de facto leader, and his subsequent fall from grace Read more »| 31 Jan 2014 -
Book ReviewsWinter's Tales
With most 'graphic novels,' despite the term, barely boasting the page-count of a short story or novella, it’s welcoming to immerse yourself in these t... Read more »| 31 Jan 2014 -
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The Insufferable Gaucho by Roberto Bolaño
Though one of the most esteemed Latin American writers of his generation, Roberto Bolaño's reputation in the English-speaking world is sustained by tr... Read more »| 31 Jan 2014 -
Book ReviewsOther People's Countries by Patrick McGuinness
A memoir from a Belgian backwater doesn't sound promising. And the contents page, listing titles like 'Boxes' and 'My Suits,' does little to counteract the a... Read more »| 30 Jan 2014 -
Book ReviewsVicious by V.E. Schwab
Eli and Victor are straight-A students and best friends until they decide to investigate the existence of EOs (ExtraOrdinaries – people with superhuman... Read more »| 27 Jan 2014
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The Telling Room: A Tale of Passion, Revenge and the World’s Finest Cheese by Michael Paterniti
For anyone who thinks their attention cannot be held by a book about cheese, think again: The Telling Room is a work of literary non-fiction that is simultan... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
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Asterix and the Picts
The first original Asterix book to be completed by an all new creative team marks a key moment in the series’ history. Will Didier Conrad and Jean-Yves... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
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Valve #03: A Literary Journal
Now in its third year, Valve's combination of new and established writers offering poems and stories with an experimental edge is a winning formula. As you t... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
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Join the Army by Darren Cullen
Join the Army has the capacity to offend a lot of people. A pull-out concertina-style jumble of adverts and comics, parodying recruitment materials of the ar... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
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The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble
Anna is a girl with a sunny temperament, trusts strangers without hesitation, and wins medals for her doggy paddling: ‘Anna was born happy, a pure gold... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
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Letters of Note by Shaun Usher
Based on the website of the same name, Letters of Note is a compilation of 125 letters that truly runs the epistolary gamut. There are, of course, a fair few... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
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Pilgrim's Flower by Rachael Boast
Rachael Boast’s first collection, Sidereal, won the Forward Prize for best debut and the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize, so her second has a lot... Read more »| 02 Dec 2013 -
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The Mile by Craig A. Smith
Craig A. Smith’s debut novel follows three friends on a pub crawl down Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Ian is a happy family man, Euan is in a crumb... Read more »| 28 Nov 2013 -
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In Rude Health by Robbie Guillory
Humans are a kinky, sexually dysfunctional and - above all - stupid species; just ask any of our frontline healthcare professionals, especially after a drunk... Read more »| 28 Nov 2013