Children have a fixation with the downright gruesome. I found this out when I recently re-discovered the picture book Struwwelpeter by Heinrich…
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My review of How to Travel Without Seeing by Andres Neuman is now up at Minor Literature[s]. A break-neck record of musings,…
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Secrets of the Sea House by Elisabeth Gifford is a tale of survival. Surviving the most terrible events and moving through fear…
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There are few writers whose work I read avidly as a teen that I can still enjoy something new from, so the pleasure of…
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It is not always easy to read Chaos and Caliphate: Patrick Cockburn’s review of diary entries and newspaper columns written between 2001 and…
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Ever had the feeling you have been drugged with a literary pill? You pick up a book and cannot stop reading it;…
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Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is a remarkable reflection on American society. Frank and April Wheeler, two souls pickled in liquor, float around the…
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Who is it that writes these days? We all send emails, text messages, tweets and status updates on social media and become…
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If you were out drinking with your mates at any time in the 90s, Karl Coppack’s And What Do You Do? is the…
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There has never been a better time to read Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Not only because it…
