Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsWhat the Hell Are You Doing? by David Shrigley
The artist David Shrigley is from Macclesfield originally, but is now a Glasgow resident, and if you’re struggling to place the name, you’ll prob... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Book ReviewsBeatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
Life of Pi deserved all the praise it got, but Yann Martel’s highly awaited follow-up Beatrice and Virgil isn’t as impressive. The ... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
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Genesis by Bernard Beckett
Genesis by Bernard Beckett manages to express an idea of what the future could be like. Set in the late 21st century, protagonist Anaximander is bein... Read more »| 22 Aug 2010 -
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At the Loch of the Green Corrie by Andrew Greig
Norman MacCaig’s request to Andrew Greig at their last meeting was a simple one: catch a fish for him at his favourite spot; the Loch of the Gr... Read more »| 19 Aug 2010 -
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Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation by Stuart Kelly
If you grow up in Edinburgh, it’s hard not to do so in the shadow of Sir Walter Scott, or at least the massive ‘steam-punk version of Thunderbird... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
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The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka
‘The birth of medicine is irremediably bound up with the birth of negligence’ and other such musings are found within the two intertwining storyl... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010
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A Game of Sorrows by Shona MacLean
The year is 1628 and Alexander Seaton of Aberdeen finds himself called to Ireland to break a curse that has been placed upon his estranged family. Th... Read more »| 23 Jul 2010 -
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From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor by Jerry Della Femina
Jerry Della Femina’s memoirs centre on his rise to fame in the lucrative advertising business in the 60s. It became an instant cult classic in ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2010 -
Book ReviewsYippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer! by Vern
There are plenty of film reviewers on the internet, but not many of them get their own book. Why is Vern special? At first glance, he isn’t rea... Read more »| 29 May 2010 -
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A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
There have been several posthumous books by Ernest Hemingway released, such as Islands in The Stream, or True At First Light, edited down from abando... Read more »| 29 May 2010 -
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The Stately Pantheon by Kirsty Neary
This is Kirsty Neary’s first novel, and it’s an odd one. The plot of The Stately Pantheon is focused around an old Glasgow theatre (simil... Read more »| 29 May 2010 -
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Filmish #2 by Edward Ross
Issue 2 of the occasional comics-as-film-criticism series Filmish is not only a great, entertaining read like the first one, but also a more refined product ... Read more »| 25 May 2010 -
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Filmish #1 by Edward Ross
This nifty little comic is something of a labour of love by writer/artist Edward Ross. It presents 3 lectures by him on film theory in graphic form, and in t... Read more »| 24 May 2010 -
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The Rough Guide to Sex
Don't be fooled by the title: The Rough Guide to Sex is not a guide to rough sex, nor is it a primer on how to sort of vaguely do it. This book tells you eve... Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
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The Valkyrie Song
Thanks to the continuing popularity of crime/detective fiction, these days it must be difficult for up-and-coming authors to find some new twist that... Read more »| 07 May 2010