November 27, 2018 Love is Blind by William Boyd Reviewed by Harriet Sebastian Faulks has called William Boyd ‘the finest storyteller of his generation’, and it’s hard to argue with that. The stories…
November 27, 2018 Nine Pints: A Journey through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood by Rose George Reviewed by Rebecca Foster Rose George is the author of three previous wide-ranging nonfiction books, about refugees, human waste and foreign shipping. In Nine…
November 22, 2018 The Long Shadow by Celia Fremlin Reviewed by Harriet How Ivor would have loved being dead! It was a shame he was missing it all. First published in 1975, this…
November 22, 2018 If Cats Disappeared From the World by Genki Kawamura Translated by Eric Selland Reviewed by Anna Hollingsworth Who doesn’t deal with the devil every now and again? Or perhaps a god from your…
November 20, 2018 Under the Rock: The Poetry of a Place by Benjamin Myers Reviewed by Rebecca Foster Benjamin Myers has been having a bit of a moment. In 2017 Bluemoose Books published his fifth novel, The Gallows…
November 20, 2018 Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Reviewed by David Harris This was the first time I’d read a book by Novik. Her Temeraire series and Uprooted (reviewed for Shiny by Sakura here) have received lots…
November 15, 2018 The Race to Save the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport Review by Karen Langley The fate of the last of the Romanov Tsars and his family has exerted a fascination over the public during…
November 15, 2018 Eye of the Shoal by Helen Scales Reviewed by Annabel In her third book, Helen Scales tuns her attention to another branch of the marine tree of life with each book….
November 13, 2018 Early Riser by Jasper Fforde Reviewed by David Harris Skinny Pete went to sleep, underfed and bonySkinny Pete went to sleep, and died a death so lonely. The enemy…
November 13, 2018 ‘Broadsword Calling Danny Boy’: On Where Eagles Dare by Geoff Dyer Reviewed by Annabel Being a child of the ’60s and ’70s, I grew up with thrillers. We read loads of them: my father still…
November 8, 2018 Bloody Brilliant Women: Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses your History Teacher Forgot to Mention by Cathy Newman Review by Liz Dexter Cathy Newman is one of Channel 4 News’ main studio presenters and specialises in investigative journalism, too. Here she brings…
November 8, 2018 Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Reviewed by Anna Hollingsworth What happens when the walls around someone collapse – in this case, both literally and metaphorically? One take is that…
November 6, 2018 The Flame by Leonard Cohen Edited by Robert Faggen & Alexandra Pleshoyano Review by Rob Spence For a while in the mid sixties to the early seventies, the singer-songwriter…
November 6, 2018 Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar Reviewed by Harriet Why had I never heard of Margaret Millar until I spotted this reprint by Pushkin Vertigo? Because, I suppose, she was…
November 1, 2018 The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal by Horatio Clare Review by Peter Reason Reading the title of this book and seeing the book cover, the prospective reader might, as did I, expect a…
November 1, 2018 Murder By The Book by Claire Harman Reviewed by Gill Davies Here is a real treat for readers interested in the sometimes hidden side of Victorian society and its relationship with…
