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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A pop art version of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, with a touch of Tarantino violence sums up Small Change: Andrez Bergen’s buzzing …
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With Secrets of the Sea House, Elisabeth Gifford has crafted a tale of survival. Surviving the most terrible events and moving through …
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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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I must begin this Chaos and Caliphate review by saying that it is not always easy to read the book. Patrick Cockburn’s …
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The Death of Bunny Munro review: Nick Cave’s sick fable
by John Maguireby John MaguireEver 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 review: Richard Yates’s dream-home heartache
by John Maguireby John MaguireI begin this Revolutionary Road review by noting that Richard Yates’s novel is a remarkable reflection on American society. Frank and April …
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Letters of Note review: Shaun Usher’s inspiring compilation
by John Maguireby John MaguireWho 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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And What Do You Do? review If you were out drinking with your mates at any time in the 90s, this And …
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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 …