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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
February 17, 2019February 4, 2019 bookmunch

“It’s the authenticity that shines through” – In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne #IDTP19

February 16, 2019February 7, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 15, 2019January 8, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 14, 2019February 7, 2019 bookmunch

“Perverse solutions” – Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin

February 13, 2019February 11, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 12, 2019February 7, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 11, 2019February 7, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 10, 2019February 8, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 9, 2019February 7, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 8, 2019February 3, 2019 bookmunch

“Top stuff” – Jellyfish by Janice Galloway

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 7, 2019February 5, 2019 bookmunch

“A slow burn” – Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

February 6, 2019February 3, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 5, 2019February 8, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 4, 2019February 3, 2019 bookmunch

“Life is hard” – Off Season by James Sturm

February 3, 2019January 30, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 2, 2019January 25, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 bookmunch

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

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 bookmunch

“A dark confection” – Dream Sequence by Adam Foulds

January 31, 2019February 3, 2019 bookmunch

On The Pile: January

January 31, 2019January 27, 2019 bookmunch

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

January 30, 2019January 21, 2019 bookmunch

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

January 29, 2019January 14, 2019 bookmunch

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

January 28, 2019January 14, 2019 bookmunch

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

January 26, 2019January 19, 2019 bookmunch

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

January 25, 2019January 18, 2019 bookmunch

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

January 24, 2019January 23, 2019 bookmunch

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

January 23, 2019January 18, 2019 bookmunch

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

January 22, 2019January 24, 2019 bookmunch

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

January 21, 2019January 20, 2019 bookmunch

“We need more Emmas, and Emma needs more readers” – The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic by Emma

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