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
“An intriguing book-club selection” – Create Your Own Midlife Crisis by Marie Phillips
“This book will resonate sonically with you” – My Perfect Cousin by Colin O’Sullivan
“This is laughable” – The FBI, Accomplice of 9/11 – Patrick Pasin
“Has the immediacy, depth, and honesty of memoir” – Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum
“A frank and originally presented memoir” – Time for Lights Out by Raymond Briggs
“This nuanced novella” – This is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill
“As barmy as a shower of knives and forks” – The Book of Forks by Rob Davis
“A strong and highly imaginative work” – The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
“Audaciously confident” – The Divers’ Game by Jesse Ball
“Fascinating, intriguing, enlightening” – The Library of Ice, by Nancy Campbell
On the Pile: October
“Maybe its interesting to look on it as a cultural document” – Return to Romance by Ogden Whitney
“It’s very complicated” – The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
“A masterful collection of uncommon stories” – Humiliation by Paulina Flores
“A gripping page turner” – Mikel by Judith Vanistendael & Mark Bellido (trans. By Erica Mena)
“It be powerful” – Sudden Traveller by Sarah Hall
“An exceptional record of theatre correspondence” – Dramatic Exchanges: Letters to the National Theatre by Dan Rosenthal
“A life raft for anyone in a similar predicament” – A Puff of Smoke by Sarah Lippett
“Casts a cold eye on society” – Slow Motion Ghosts by Jeff Noon
‘Read and enjoy’ – Skein Island by Aliya Whiteley
“Poetry for those who haven’t read much poetry” – A User’s Manual by Jiri Kolar
“An exceptional anthology” – Women’s Weird – Strange Stories by Women ed. Melissa Edmundson
“All the jokes end up in one basket” – The Caravaners by Elizabeth von Armin
“Grimy, Gothic, and utterly illogical” – The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch by Ladislav Klíma
“Smith needs a tougher editor” – Grand Union by Zadie Smith
“Challenge(s) perceptions of morality” – Godsend by John Wray
“Fierce, cohesive, thoughtful” – Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
“Plodding bureaucratic procedurals” – Prefecture D by Hideo Yokoyama
