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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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Features
Everything is Automatic
I don't know who did it kid. All I know is there's a gun with no trace, a camera with no film and a body that aint talking. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Book Reviews
Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin
Hands up if you can quote long stretches by heart and 'babycakes' has entered your vocabulary as a term of endearment Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Features
Writer as Illusionist: Louise Welsh on her new novel
The Bullet Trick' has the thrills and perils of crime stories and the sensuality and glamour of decadent literature, all spiced up by the burlesque irreverence of cabaret. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Features
Choose Your Own Adventure
If you want to learn about the re-release of the Choose Your Own Adventure books keep reading. If you want to read the local entertainment listings, turn to page 64. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Book Reviews
Buried - Mark Billingham
At 400 pages long this book feels padded Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters
A historical voyage through the queer underbelly of Victorian London Read more »| 15 Jul 2006
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Book Reviews
The Long Firm - Jake Arnott
the outsider status of homosexuality is shared by villain, 'rent boy' and Lord alike Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Book Reviews
Rainbow City
The Remember When history project's exhibition at the City Art Centre àRainbow City, reviewed in last month's issue àpresents a fascinating look at Edinburgh's rich LGBT history. But after it closes on July 9, you'll still be able to access the results of their hard work. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Book Reviews
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
This is a wonderful book, lyrically written Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Book Reviews
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
Fingersmith' is an engaging and ultimately very satisfying read Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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Carol - Patricia Highsmith
its strongest statement may be as an indication of progress in being able to talk about these sorts of things Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Book Reviews
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
she remains a lone wolf, determined above all to remain independent of both patriarchy and matriarchy Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
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The Worms Can Carry Me to Heaven - Alan Warner
Upon learning that he is HIV positive, Manollo Follana mostly just drifts around and Thinks About His Life. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Book Reviews
Sugar-Coated Pill: Selected Poems - Mahmood Jamal
There is a clear sense of an approach to art and life that is grounded in the local and the human. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Book Reviews
Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism - Stephen Dorril
A frighteningly detailed biography of Britain's most infamous fascist. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006