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The Hysterical Hamster
Peach by Emma Glass (Bloomsbury)
A bold experiment that fails to hit the mark.
Read MoreMy Top 14 Books for 2015
This year I read 104 novel, 4 of which I didn’t finish. My two favourite novels of the year – that is two books you should read immediately if you haven’t already, were: A Brief History of Seven Killings by...
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: Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
Bottom Line An experimental and extraordinary novel about loss, mourning and the stages of grief. Read it. Representative Paragraph It’s a book that requires more than one representative quote: The doorbell rang and I...
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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