
Author: bookmunch
Peter Wild is the co-author of Befoe 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. You can read more at www.peterwild.com


“A bracing, empathetic account of life in turmoil” – The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy

“Both a timely and personal account” – The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu

“Perverse solutions” – Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin

“Dark as pitch on a black night in the height of winter” – Consent by Leo Benedictus

“A conversation about the semantics of emotion” – Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

“There is a kink in the mastering” – The Only Story by Julian Barnes

“Like Harriet the Spy for grown-ups” – Pretend I’m Dead by Jen Beagin

“Rough hewn, obstinate, individual” – The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson

“Top stuff” – Jellyfish by Janice Galloway

“It’s a marvellous piece of work” – Patient X by David Peace

“A slow burn” – Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

“A bravura performance” – An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma

“A truly remarkable book” – The Word for Woman is Wilderness by Abi Andrews

“Life is hard” – Off Season by James Sturm

“Not our favourite Crace” – The Melody by Jim Crace

“Moral outrage and societal interrogation…” – The Natashas by Yelena Moskovich

“Fulfilment’s desolate attic” – The Bookmunch Podcast: Episode 2 – Adam Foulds

“A dark confection” – Dream Sequence by Adam Foulds

On The Pile: January

“How long does trauma last?” – Mothers & Daughters by Vedrana Rudan

“A brilliantly funny book” – For The Good Times by David Keenan

“A fascinating approach to a controversial subject” – Cure by Jo Marchant #WBP2019

“A very twenty-first-century novel” – The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss #WBP2019

“This is a compelling read” – Things We Nearly Knew by Jim Powell

“Effectively a coming-of-age novel” – The Gunnars by Rebecca Kaufman

“Shows us what we are in danger of becoming” – The Wall by John Lanchester

“It is all that and much more” – Virtuoso by Yelena Moskovich

“Challenge(s) perceptions of morality” – Godsend by John Wray
