Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsGood Offices by Evelio Rosero
Evelio Rosero won his first literary award in 1979, and it would come as no surprise if he were given another honour for new novel Good Offices. Set in Ros... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
Book ReviewsThe Darkest Walk, by Malcom Archibald
The workers are revolting – and not just because they haven’t had a wash. Insurrection is in the air, and only one man can save the respectable... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
Book ReviewsTurf by Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards
Turf is Jonathan Ross’s debut as writer of a comic series, and this collection of the first five issues, which form a complete story, is a winn... Read more »| 08 Sep 2011 -
Book ReviewsLord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
This earthy tale is set at a 1970s Virginia racetrack, in the deeply unglamorous, chancy world of claiming races. A ragtag band of characters survive... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
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Hot Off The Comics Press: The DC Reboot
Is it really the end of summer? It may very well be, as the sunshine begins to dissipate and the big events come to an end. Of course for one particular publ... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
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The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
On face value, The Borrower is a story about a librarian, a small boy and the primacy of the written word; on second thought it is a political satire... Read more »| 25 Aug 2011
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Good As Dead by Mark Billingham
Not to be confused with Mark Billingham’s last book, From The Dead, this latest offering is a solid police procedural. In fact, there’s r... Read more »| 25 Aug 2011 -
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Hot Off The Comics Press: Graphic Novels
Every week, the comic book presses roll out a throng of new titles for the discerning comicdom consumer to add to their collection. Amongst the gathering fre... Read more »| 24 Aug 2011 -
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Hot Off The Comics Press: Picks Of The Week 18 August
Headlines have been rife with controversy thanks to Marvel’s new spin on their Ultimate Spider-Man, as they announced the new wall-crawler will be... Read more »| 18 Aug 2011 -
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Hot Off The Comics Press: Picks Of The Week 10 August
With the summer and the Festival raging on, let’s take a look at what’s filling up the Comics shelf space this week. Let’s start with Mark... Read more »| 10 Aug 2011 -
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The Incomplete Tim Key, by Tim Key
Tim Key’s quirky, humorous, poems were very enjoyable. In fact, I had to share them. I shared them with my cat, Charlie. Charlie bloody loved them! He ... Read more »| 02 Aug 2011 -
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Tretower to Clyro:Essays by Karl Miller
This is a genial collection of essays by an esteemed critic, including a foreword by one of his friends, Andrew O’Hagan, and pieces on his frie... Read more »| 29 Jul 2011 -
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The Immaculate Heart by Andrew Raymond Drennan
This book, his second published work, is something of a leap forward for Andrew Raymond Drennan, with his prose in particular significantly more confident th... Read more »| 28 Jul 2011 -
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Hot Off the Comics Press
The live-action Amazing Spider-Man is now very much stepping into the limelight, thanks mainly to that excellent web-tingling trailer that débuted at ... Read more »| 27 Jul 2011 -
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A Summer of Drowning by John Burnside
John Burnside's eighth novel is both an evolution of his previous work and an entirely self-contained fable. It is set in the Norwegian Arctic Circle... Read more »| 27 Jul 2011