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Death of Murat Idrissi Tommy wieringa
February 28, 2019

The Death of Murat Idrissi by Tommy Weiringa

Translated by Sam Garrett Review by Alice Farrant Two venturesome women on a journey through the land of their fathers and mothers. A wrong…

melmoth sarah perry
January 31, 2019

Melmoth by Sarah Perry

Review by Alice Farrant Helen Franklin is self-repressed, restricting herself from all that is pleasurable or happy. She merely exists alongside Prague, parallel to…

September 13, 2018

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

Reviewed by Alice Farrant The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker is the retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of Briseis (Brih-SAY-iss),…

September 6, 2018

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Reviewed by Alice Farrant There are books you enjoy and then there are the books that consume you. Authors whose work brands you, generating…

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
November 2, 2017

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

Reviewed by Alice Farrant “We can get the Times to write something. Or that nut from the Observer.”“Wait, what… what nut from the Observer?”“Frank…

October 17, 2017

New People by Danzy Senna

Reviewed by Alice Farrant Maria and Khalil are the perfect couple, “King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom”. Maria is a successful scholar,…

How to Be Human by Paula Cocozza
April 20, 2017

How to Be Human by Paula Cocozza

Reviewed by Alice Farrant At 35, Mary is single and living in the house she once shared with her partner. She goes to work…

April 11, 2017

My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal

Paperback review by Alice Farrant My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal is a powerful story that discusses race, mental illness, and family, through…

March 7, 2017

The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown

Review by Alice Farrant The number of women my brother Matthew killed as far as I can reckon it, is one hundred and six….

Stay with Me by Adébáyọ̀ Ayọ̀bámi
March 2, 2017

Stay with Me by Adébáyọ̀ Ayọ̀bámi

Reviewed by Alice Farrant Akin’s father has died and Yejide is coming home. Set against a backdrop of political turmoil, Stay With Me is…

August 17, 2016

The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss

Reviewed by Alice Farrant A relationship with death, or the prospect of it, is like being a member of a horrible club because to…

December 9, 2015

The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende

Translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson Reviewed by Alice Farrant The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende is a tender love story, traversing from the…

August 19, 2015

Tender by Belinda McKeon

Reviewed by Alice Farrant Tender by Belinda McKeon is a literary tour-de-force. A frighteningly addictive tumble down the rabbit hole of obsessive love and friendship…

July 14, 2015

Orient by Christopher Bollen

Reviewed by Alice Farrant Orient, murder mystery come introspective character novel, is Christopher Bollen’s second literary offering. Set on the North Fork of Long…

Mercy Seat Wayne Price
April 13, 2015

Mercy Seat by Wayne Price

Reviewed by Alice Farrant Mercy Seat is a beautifully stirring novel, set in a remote seaside town in west Wales. Luke, our protagonist and narrator,…

January 16, 2015

Harraga by Boualem Sansal

Translated by Frank Wynne Reviewed by Alice Farrant Harraga by Boualem Sansal is a dazzling mix of poetry and prose set in the old quarters…

October 9, 2014

Stay Up With Me by Tom Barbash

Reviewed by Alice Farrant Stay Up With Me by Tom Barbash is a collection of short stories set in New York City. Each explores a disconnection…

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