
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.


“Needs trigger warnings” – Coming Undone by Terri White

“Classic Hornby” – Just Like You by Nick Hornby

“Lies on the right side of excellent” – Alligator and Other Stories by Dima Alazayat

“We liked it more than we expected to” – Here We Are by Graham Swift

“Reflective and moving” – The Disconnect by Roisin Kiberd

“As perfect a debut as you’re likely to get” – Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart #booker2020

“Immediately recognisable” – My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley

“A beautiful act of sympathy and understanding” – Philip Roth – The Biography by Blake Bailey

“A skilfully shadowed story” – Bitterhall by Helen McClory

“The Puzzling Place” – Subdivision by J Robert Lennon

“An absolute must” – Let Me Think by J Robert Lennon

“Brutal” – How Much of These Hills is Gold is C Pam Zhang #booker2020

“Fascinating insight” – Undreamed Shores by Frances Larson

“Very brave and frail and hopeful” – We Are Attempting to Survive Our Time by AL Kennedy

“Tells us only one thing, and that, intensely” – Hollow in the Land by James Clarke

“Has the immediacy, depth, and honesty of memoir” – Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum

“It’s no that shite being Scottish, Irvine” – The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong

“A must-read” – The High House by Jesse Greengrass

“Well worth reading” – The Happy Traitor by Simon Kuper

“A surprisingly enjoyable read” – This Book Could Fix Your Life by Helen Thornton

“Could well be a great lost Bukowski masterpiece” – Sing Backwards & Weep by Mark Lanegan

“Does what it does really well” – Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler #booker2020 #longlist

“We’d hoped for more” – August by Callan Wink

“It feels like there is truth here” – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell #womensprize2020

“Doesn’t quite reach the heights” – Dark Sky by CJ Box

“Ah, but it’s a lovely, lovely book” – The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams

“Only the world remains, only time endures” – Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O’Connell

“Believe the hype” – The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
