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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 and beyond.
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Book Reviews
The End Of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas
A hugely playful novel, tripping over itself with name-dropping and then theory-dropping. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The English Spy, by Donald Smith
Copious amounts of intermeshed political-personal skulduggery Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Features
Pottermania!
One of the major characters will die... serves them right for going anywhere near the 'Deathly Hallows'. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change a Planet? by Tony Juniper
Fails to engage with the average reader who wants to make a difference. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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The Lying Tongue by Andrew Wilson
Freudian advocates will have a field day. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Overexposure by Hugo Rifkind
Rifkind's protagonist is likeable, despite his annoyances; he is a shallow, caddish screw-up, but also has his bad points. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007
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My Father's Notebook by Kader Abdolah
Abdolah's subtle depiction of Ishmael's political exile is empathic in the extreme. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Lint by Steve Aylett
A clever spoof of the sci-fi scene throughout the last century Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Book Reviews
The End Of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas
A hugely playful novel, tripping over itself with name-dropping and then theory-dropping. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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Eating Jesus
Eating Jesus manages to avoid the numerous cliches it could have stumbled into Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Features
AL Kennedy on Day (ONLINE VERSION!!!!!)
AL Kennedy has a secret: ""I am trying, desperately trying to get to write Doctor Who"" Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
it's damned original, human and satisfyingly identifiable, and as a debut it's top class. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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The Tartar Steppe, Dino Buzzati, trans. Stuart C. Hood
often compared to works by Kafka, Camus, and Calvino Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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The Successor by Ismail Kadare, translated by David Bellos.
Fragmentary, confusing, dissident and frightening Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Meet Me Under the Westway by Stephen Thompson
A dreary name-drop of a novel Read more »| 11 May 2007