Author: bookmunch
Peter Wild is the author of The Passenger & a biography of Akira Kurosawa, as well as co-author of Before the Rain and the editor of The Flash, Perverted by Language: Fiction inspired by The Fall, The Empty Page: Fiction inspired by Sonic Youth (US: Noise: Fiction inspired by Sonic Youth) & Paint a Vulgar Picture: Fiction inspired by The Smiths.
“A high-end airport read” – The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier
“Sharp, wicked humour” – Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden #GordonBurnsPrize
“A truly fascinating story” – The Unusual Suspect by Ben Machell
“Her best yet” – The Burning Boy by Nicola White
“A special book for difficult times” – The Reactor by Nick Blackburn
“We are nature” – Thin Places by Kerry ní Dochartaigh
“A joy to read” – Male Tears by Benjamin Myers
“Whatever You Say I Am…” – Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
“If you’re in need of some warmth” – Zorrie by Laird Hunt
“Absolutely stunning” – The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
“Might be his best yet” – Putin’s Russia by Darryl Cunningham
“The writing has a kind of inward intensity” – A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ni Ghriofa
“Not perfect, but highly entertaining” – In the Seeing Hands of Others by Nat Ogle
“Serious and engaging and human” – Waywards by Dana Spiotta
“Explores grand human concerns” – To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
“Come for the humour” – Little Scratch by Rebecca Watson #GoldsmithsPrize2021
‘Finch provides answers to some of City of Saints & Madmen mysteries’ – Finch by Jeff Vandermeer
Bookmunch classic review: City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer
“A surprisingly enjoyable read” – This Book Could Fix Your Life by Helen Thornton
“Invigorating opinions” – The War of the Poor by Eric Vuillard (trans. Mark Polizzotti)
“Arch and snarky” – No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood #bookerprize #bookerprizeshortlist
“Admirable more than enjoyable” – The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter
“Contemplative and urgent” – Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
“Exquisite and piercing” – Intimacies by Lucy Caldwell
Bookmunch Best of 2021
“Unlike anything else” – Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
“Red in tooth and claw” – The Tangle by Justin Robertson
“A bit of a slog” – A Loving, Faithful Animal by Josephine Rowe
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