‘Gauld goes from strength to strength’ – You’re All Just Jealous of my Jetpack by Tom Gauld
‘we love Tom Gauld. We loved his book, Goliath. We loved his book, The Gigantic Robot. We love his weekly cartoon in the Guardian. We have a Tom Gauld print on the wall in our bathroom. We’re wearing a Tom Gauld robot tshirt we bought from BoingBoing as we type this. We buy his books (which, you should know, in a world of free books is a big deal). More than this, in spite of not being sent free Tom Gauld books, we are taking time to write a favourable review of his new book, You’re All Just Jealous of my Jetpack…’
‘Seriously recommended’ – Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman
‘In Ann Patchett’s introduction to Binocular Vision, she recounts her initial embarrassment at having come to Edith Pearlman rather late in Pearlman’s career – ‘How was this possible?’ – and she quotes Katrina Kenison, series editor of Best American Short Stories (which is where Patchett met Pearlman), who remarked, that ‘finding new Edith Pearlman stories year after year was one of the greatest pleasure of her job’. Patchett adds, ‘Edith Pearlman has been a secret much too long.’ Now, I’m normally sceptical about gushing editorial intros, but – and this is a serious statement, my long-standing and slavish adoration of Ann Patchett notwithstanding – she’s right: you’ve really got to read Edith Pearlman’ – Valerie O’Riordan on Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman
