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Tuesday 27 September 2016
It's never just self-expression for me
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An interview with Aamer Hussein When I read Aamer Hussein I'm often struck by a vague mysteriousness and obliquity that I can't...
Tuesday 20 September 2016
Insomnia - Aamer Hussein
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Hussein's characters are both wounded and nourished by their cosmopolitanism The seven stories of Hussein's plaintive 2007 colle...
Monday 12 September 2016
Descriptions of Heaven - Randal Eldon Greene
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In Randal Eldon Greene's debut novel, the author has some astounding ideas that, although they coalesce quite excellently, never quite a...
Tuesday 6 September 2016
Why should not old men be mad?
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An interview with poet Keith Chandler My memories of Keith are of the schoolteacher in his final year of teaching, cycling to the coll...
Monday 15 August 2016
So Much for That - Lionel Shriver
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A vastly important read despite its deficiencies. Without a doubt, Lionel Shriver's power lies in her subject matter. She has a knack ...
Friday 29 July 2016
Fugitive Pieces - Anne Michaels
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History lays its shadow over the present. Reading Anne Michaels' prose is like experiencing a flood. You'll probably know what I...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Albert Angelo - B.S. Johnson
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I will never understand its almost infamous reputation as the book with holes cut into its pages. A long time ago, B.S. Johnson was recom...
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