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April 2, 2020

The Language of Birds by Jill Dawson

Reviewed by Susan Osborne, 2 April 2020 I’m a fan of Jill Dawson’s writing. Her last novel, The Crime Writer, was a wonderful piece…

February 11, 2020

It Would be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo

Translated by Elizabeth Bryer Reviewed by Susan Osborne Venezuelan writer Karina Sainz Borgo’s It Would Be Night in Caracas is one of three novels…

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August 22, 2019

Flames by Robbie Arnott

Review by Susan Osborne Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott’s Flames is not an easy book to write about. It’s quite some way out of my…

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August 6, 2019

Putney by Sofka Zinovieff

Review by Susan Osborne Sofka Zinovieff’s Putney is a subtle novel which explores the fallout of sexual abuse all wrapped up in an engrossing…

March 21, 2019

Happy Little Bluebirds by Louise Levene

Reviewed by Susan Osborne Louise Levene’s last novel, The Following Girls, was a pitch-perfect satire on ‘70s schoolgirl life whose period detail rang more…

March 7, 2019

All Among the Barley by Melissa Harrison

Reviewed by Susan Osborne Both Melissa Harrison’s previous novels are notable for their vividly evocative descriptions of the English countryside, the kind of thing…

January 29, 2019

Things We Nearly Knew by Jim Powell

Reviewed by Susan Osborne Jim Powell’s Things We Nearly Knew is a slice of American smalltown life seen through the eyes of an unnamed…

May 22, 2018

White Houses by Amy Bloom

Reviewed by Susan Osborne I’ve yet to read anything by Amy Bloom that I’ve not loved. Her writing is both deft and empathetic, pressing…

February 20, 2018

Idaho by Emily Ruskovich

Reviewed by Susan Osborne Emily Ruskovich’s Idaho is an impressive debut, both in its writing and its treatment of a difficult subject: the murder…

The Easy Way Out by Steven Amsterdam
September 14, 2017

The Easy Way Out by Steven Amsterdam

Paperback reviewed by Susan Osborne This novel is unlikely to appeal to everyone although we should all read it. It’s about assisted suicide, one…

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March 30, 2017

Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash

Paperback review by Susan Osborne Ron Rash hails from the Appalachians and it’s there that he sets his award-winning novels with their smalltown mountain…

December 5, 2016

The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler

Translated by Charlotte Collins Reviewed by Susan Osborne It’s a both a joy and a worry when a second novel appears on the horizon…

October 18, 2016

Paulina & Fran by Rachel B. Glaser

Reviewed by Susan Osborne Female friendship is a frequent theme in fiction, or at least what’s often dubbed as ‘women’s fiction’. It can be…

October 6, 2016

Bright Precious Days by Jay McInerny

Reviewed by Susan Osborne Fans of Jay McInerney’s series of novels which began with Brightness Falls way back in 1992, won’t need to be told who…

June 28, 2016

Journeyman by Marc Bojanowski

Reviewed by Susan Osborne There’s something very attractive about a state of the nation novel. It offers the chance to examine a snapshot of…

June 16, 2016

Himmler’s Cook by Franz-Olivier Giesbert

Translated by Anthea Bell Reviewed by Susan Osborne Perhaps it’s because many of us in the privileged developed world are living longer these days…

January 26, 2016

Us Conductors by Sean Michaels

Reviewed by Susan Osborne Curiously, Us, Conductors is not the only novel published in January to feature the theremin, the musical instrument whose strange haunting sound…

January 18, 2016

The Lives of Women by Christine Dwyer Hickey

Paperback review by Susan Osborne Christine Dwyer Hickey is the kind of author for whom there’s no fanfare of Twitter trumpets heralding her next…

October 2, 2015

Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick De Witt

Reviewed by Susan Osborne Undermajordomo Minor is Patrick deWitt’s third novel. His second, The Sisters Brothers, was a darkly comic western set in mid-nineteenth century Oregon…

August 11, 2015

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

Paperback review by Susan Osborne When I think of Baltimore two things come to mind: Anne Tyler and The Wire, polar opposites in terms of…

July 28, 2015

10:04 by Ben Lerner

Paperback review by Susan Osborne Ben Lerner’s first novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, was much talked about on publication – 10:04 is his second and it’s narrated by…

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April 9, 2015

Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler

Review by Susan Osborne I hope you’ll excuse me if this review reads more like a pean of praise – or even a gush…

April 9, 2015

A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale

Review by Susan Osborne It’s nearly thirty years since the publication of Patrick Gale’s first novel, The Aerodynamics of Pork, and for much of that…

April 9, 2015

The Pink Suit by Nicole Mary Kelby

Paperback review by Susan Osborne Please don’t be put off by the Barbie-pink jacket adorning the paperback edition of Nicole Mary Kelby’s novel. It…

January 30, 2015

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Reviewed by Susan Osborne Set in 1977, Everything I Never Told You is the story of a family whose oldest daughter disappears one night. A few…

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