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Books Read: The Glutton by A. E. Blakemore
The Glutton is a fictionalised account of Tarrare (spelt in the novel as Tarare), a showman,...
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Books Read: Days of Innocence and Wonder by Lucy Treloar
I didn’t get along with this novel. I need to take some of the blame here. There’s an understated...
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Books Read: Erasure by Percival Everett
I read this for a couple of reasons. One, I’ve been meaning to read Everett since I picked up a...
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Movies Watched: No Hard Feelings, directed by Gene Stupnitsky
This movie is better than it has any right to be. And that’s for one reason and one reason only:...
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Books Read: The Godwits Fly by Robin Hyde
I have similar feelings toward The Godwits Fly as I do to Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! –...
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Books Read: The Ministry of Times by Kaliane Bradley
I love that the literary mainstream has adopted time travel; it’s no longer just the province of...
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National Book Critics Circle 2018 shortlist (for fiction)
In which I fail to speculate why the National Book Critics Circle isn’t a square.
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The Wall by John Lanchester
In which powerful themes about climate change and immigration are let down a tad by a ho-hum plot.
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Resistance by Julian Fuks, translated by Daniel Hahn
In which I learn a little bit about Argentina’s “Dirty War” and a stolen decade of children.
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I Miss The World by Violet LeVoit
In which I don’t let my ignorance get in the way of a terrific book.
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