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
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
subjects such as the breakdown of family relations and the stifling atmosphere of eighteenth century London are described without qualms or precedent Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Book Reviews
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
The Monarch of the Glen' charts the rise of an ancient evil in the Scottish Highlands (obvious when you think about it) Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Book Reviews
Cautionary Tales: Comic Verse for The Twenty First Century by James Landale
Landale has replaced Belloc's characters, who Run Away from Nurse and Slam Doors, with twenty first century hell raisers who instead Play Computer Games, Shoplift and Wind Up With An ASBO. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Book Reviews
500 Reasons Why I Hate the Office by Malcolm Burgess
If, for some reason, you need to read a hack book about how unbearable your work life is you are just adding, masochist-like, to your woes. Read more »| 12 Nov 2006 -
Features
John Connolly Loses Things...
Snow White and her seven buddies add a Pythonesque comedy touch. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Book Reviews
Idea in Stone - Hamish MacDonald (Self-published)
The characters are paper thin, clichéd and unbearable Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Book Reviews
Shame by Karin Alvtegen
The prose is crisp and the narrative fast paced Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Features
Celebrating a decade of radicalism: the 10th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair (WEB EDITION)
The Independent Radical Book Fair is an opportunity for small publishers to display their work and for authors to meet new readers, but, above all, it's for people to discuss ideas. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Features
Celebrating a Decade of Radicalism: The 10th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair (PRINT EDITION)
The Independent Radical Book Fair is an opportunity for small publishers to display their work and for authors to meet new readers, but, above all, it's for people to discuss ideas.
Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Book Reviews
The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
The subsections, pace and intrigue of the story ensure the reader's attention never wanders Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Features
Grant Morrison, Chris Weston, Gary Erskine - The Filth (DC Vertigo)
An eccentric British gumbo, a fever-dream of lyrical intensity and visual distortion Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Book Reviews
Paul Auster - Travels in the Scriptorium
undoubtedly a return to what Auster does best. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Book Reviews
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
Would I be too emphatic in saying that this is one of the best books I have read all year? No, because quite simply it is. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Book Reviews
Alexander McCall Smith - Dream Angus
Like a fairytale for adults, a light, rose-tinted book that almost passes you by Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Features
Web Comic - Malkatraz
We don't need another hero... really Read more »| 13 Sep 2006