Shadowplay
Joseph O’Connor Stoker’s epic tale Wrapped around the sadder truth Of his own story.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami When two paths diverge Murakami always goes Down a well, of course.
Dance Dance Dance
Haruki Murakami One man life connects Call girls, murder, love, death and capitalism.
Birdcage Walk
by Helen Dunmore People disappear Women mainly. Written out Of life and history.
Marriage Material
by Sathnam Sanghera Sikh Midlands romcom Meets Arnold Bennet remix. Highbrow bhangra romp.
Little Eve
by Catriona Ward Much Scottish wyrd here Dreich, dire, family horror. Deftly handled prose.
Letters to Kevin
by Stephen Dixon Absurdist novel Phone booths archaic And letters … how quaint!
New year, new reviews
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
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 […]
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