Shadowplay

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Joseph O’Connor Stoker’s epic tale Wrapped around the sadder truth Of his own story.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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Haruki Murakami When two paths diverge Murakami always goes Down a well, of course.

The Wall

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John Lanchester Like Trump and Brexit The ultimate awfulness Of walls is revealed.

Dance Dance Dance

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Haruki Murakami One man life connects Call girls, murder, love, death and capitalism.

Birdcage Walk

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by Helen Dunmore People disappear Women mainly. Written out Of life and history.

Marriage Material

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by Sathnam Sanghera Sikh Midlands romcom Meets Arnold Bennet remix. Highbrow bhangra romp.

Little Eve

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by Catriona Ward Much Scottish wyrd here Dreich, dire, family horror. Deftly handled prose.

Letters to Kevin

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by Stephen Dixon Absurdist novel Phone booths archaic And letters … how quaint!

New year, new reviews

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This year I’m going to return to book reviewing – but in haiku … Blood Relatives by Stevan Alcock Northern soul gay style Ripper victims listed too Gritty, yet heartless.

To end the year … Wollongong Short Story Prize

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      It has been a whimpery sort of year, so many great people leaving this world, so many scary ones standing centre stage upon it, superb for gathering material (as all writers are required to think of such things, apparently) and not so great for serenity, I was lucky enough to have a […]