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Books Read: The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
As far as I’m concerned, Kevin Barry can write whatever the fuck he likes.* His last two...
Read MoreSo Who Should Have Won The Goldsmith Prize
For those of you who have forgotten (which includes me) here are the nominees and links to my thoughtful, though confusing, reviews. Beatlebone by Kevin Barry (Canongate) Acts of Assassins by Richard Beard (Harvill Secker) Satin...
Read MoreBook Review: Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
Bottom Line: An experimental, heartfelt, passionate novel about that time when John Lennon went to visit his island just to get away from it all. Representative Paragraph: John Lennon deconstructs himself JOHN: Do you really...
Read MoreThe Nominees for the Goldsmiths Prize 2015 have been announced…
… and here they are: Beatlebone by Kevin Barry (Canongate) Acts of Assassins by Richard Beard (Harvill Secker) Satin Island by Tom McCarthy (Cape) The Field of the Cloth of Gold by Magnus Mills (Bloomsbury) Grief is the...
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