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 and beyond.
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Book Reviews
Gold by Dan Rhodes
Who but Dan Rhodes can weave so seamlessly the hilarious and the pathetic? Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Believe in the Sign by Mark Hodkinson
What it means to pathologically follow failure. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Features
Creative Writing: Poems by Stephen Dent
[title] clyde rarely shimmeringdiscarded browna purple bridgeonce crossedunloved townfound, then lost clydeits pridewaningits swirling stomach churnsbarely ... Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Features
Books at the Buddha
Shopping for a cool new personality need not be a massive chore Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany's novel has become a bestseller in the Middle East and earned enthusiastic comparisons to Tales of the City. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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The Song Before It Is Sung by Justin Cartwright
Enough moments of sheer suspense and bravado to be accessible to pretty much anyone. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007
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Straight Ahead by Clare Shaw
Shaw's work hits - and bruises - with a deliberate candour Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
It's East-meets-West time, kids. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Imposture by Benjamin Markovits
Markovits and his Polidori would have done well emulating Byron's more direct nature Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Globe by Michael O'Siadhail
A good place to find powerful and positive poetry Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity edited by Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore
An inspiring, innovative anthology compiled by one of the most exciting activists on the scene today Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
Features
Creative Writing - Poems by Judith Robertson
WeatherWords passed over me.They slid from your once 'oh-so-perfect' mouthfragmenting and forming scattered bundles on the floor.You picked the bundles up, s... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Book Reviews
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
strong characterisation and dialogues lend a modern tone and relevance Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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The Angel Makers by Jessica Gregson
A lost and wayward work of fiction built haphazardly around a far more intriguing reality. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Target Iran by Scott Ritter.
The threat from Iran is 'fear-based' and not 'fact-based' he says, and it's hard to disagree. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007