August 5, 2014 bookmunch

‘A valuable attempt to close the gap’ – Dear Infidel by Tamim Sadikali

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 bookmunch

“Inventive, unorthodox, elliptical” – Exercises in Control by Annabel Banks

February 20, 2020 bookmunch

“Hovering-slightly-above-terra-firma” – The Book of Newcastle

January 1, 2020December 15, 2019 bookmunch

“An obliteration of every sacred pillar” – Only Americans Burn In Hell by Jarett Kobek

December 15, 2019 bookmunch

“The end of a beginning” – A Virtue of Disobedience by Asim Qureshi

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 bookmunch

“Fresh kill raw” – Bladerunner: A Movie by William S Burroughs

November 7, 2019November 3, 2019 bookmunch

“A masterful collection of uncommon stories” – Humiliation by Paulina Flores

September 14, 2019 bookmunch

“A skittish tapestry” – Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 bookmunch

“Hugely engaging” – follow me, akhi by Hussein Kesvani

May 27, 2019May 26, 2019 bookmunch

“This is Cairo” – The Book of Cairo, ed. Raph Cormack

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 bookmunch

“Peerless storytelling” – Folk by Zoe Gilbert #IDTP2019

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 bookmunch

“This book is a firestarter” – Guantánamo Kid by Jérôme Tubiana & Alexandre Franc

February 27, 2019February 26, 2019 bookmunch

“An attack on our lives of comfort” – Letter to Survivors by Gébé

December 2, 2018 bookmunch

“Packs a whole world into 20,000 words” – Shitstorm by Fernando Sdrigotti

November 28, 2018November 24, 2018 bookmunch

“A Daily Mail reader’s nightmare” – The Study Circle by Haroun Khan

September 5, 2018September 2, 2018 bookmunch

“Distorted reality, broken reality, ugly reality” – Best British Short Stories 2018, ed. by Nicholas Royle

August 2, 2018July 30, 2018 bookmunch

“Every page provokes” – The Future Won’t Be Long by Jarett Kobek

July 13, 2018July 12, 2018 bookmunch

“Granular, unflinching… and so, so vivid” – A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee

June 11, 2018June 7, 2018 bookmunch

“Rich in nostalgia, without becoming syrupy” – Graffiti Palace by AG Lombardo

May 27, 2018May 23, 2018 bookmunch

“Implacable and uncompromising – The Sound of My Voice by Ron Butlin

May 26, 2018May 22, 2018 bookmunch

“Pure showboating” – The World Goes On by Laszlo Krasznahorkai

May 20, 2018May 13, 2018 bookmunch

“[An] intensely human story, told by an undisputed master” – Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah

May 14, 2018May 13, 2018 bookmunch

“Straining to be profound” – Mere Chances by Veronika Simoniti

April 24, 2018April 22, 2018 bookmunch

“You’ll read nothing like it this year” – The Stone Tide by Gareth E Rees

April 18, 2018April 15, 2018 bookmunch

“Every page holds a new promise; or a curve ball” – The Best Small Fictions 2017, ed. by Amy Hempel & Tara L Masih

March 13, 2018March 7, 2018 bookmunch

“A romp with a dark underbelly” – The Adulterants by Joe Dunthorne

February 20, 2018February 11, 2018 bookmunch

“Strong stories that wrongfoot the reader” – Letti Park by Judith Hermann

January 17, 2018January 14, 2018 bookmunch

“These stories hover just an inch above terra firma” – Hollow Shores by Gary Budden

January 10, 2018January 4, 2018 bookmunch

“Potential unrealised” – The Burning Ground by Adam O’Riordan

December 7, 2017November 1, 2017 bookmunch

“The reading experience is often melancholic, but it’s also energising” – Of All That Ends by Gunter Grass