Books
The Skinny book guide – bringing you book reviews, features, events, reviews and author interviews. Find previews and on the ground reporting from festivals of literature and poetry in Scotland, England and beyond.
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Book Reviews
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon - Daniel C Dennett
A history of belief that combines humour and argument and would entertain even the casual reader. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Blankets - Craig Thompson
A small story, so beautifully told. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Black Hole - Charles Burns
A beautiful mix of fantasy and truth. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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5 is the Perfect Number - Igort
As atmospheric as the best film noir, filled with shadows, rain drenched alleyways, religious imagery and desperate men dwarfed by post-impressionist Toulouse-Lautrec style billboards. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Features
peas & full
peasthere are many things ishould be doing,i know(switch lights off, recyclebatteries, ownsex toys, wearhemp)and not doing(eat meat, readmagazines, giggle,fu... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Features
Big Word Poetry
Events like Big Word are changing the way poetry is understood, and ushering it into the mainstream. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006
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One City - Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh
The proceeds from this thin volume, featuring Edinburgh's most popular contemporary authors, will go to the One City Trust, which aims to tackle social injus... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Justina Robson - Living Next Door to the God of Love
In a multi-dimensional future, the fate of human kind and the universe is up for grabs in a showdown between the schismatic, shape-changing Jalaeka and the o... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Cormac McCarthy - No Country For Old Men
The plot twists in unexpected ways, pushing back against conventions of justice or happy endings Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Ismail Kadare - The Successor
An atmospheric, gripping mystery, infused with awareness of the place and its people. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Features
Edinburgh: UNESCO City of Literature
A Sense of Place' sets the pace for a bright future for Edinburgh as a UNESCO City of Literature Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Features
The Goon - Eric Powell
Funnier than Dawn of the Dead, and more frightening than Elmer Fudd hunting Bugs with a shotgun Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Book ReviewsAnansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
God is dead. Meet the Kids. Read more »| 03 Oct 2005