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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.
April 20, 2021April 16, 2021 bookmunch

“Feels positively sumptuous” – The Bookseller of Florence by Dr. Ross King

April 19, 2021April 16, 2021 bookmunch

“Needs trigger warnings” – Coming Undone by Terri White

April 18, 2021April 16, 2021 bookmunch

“Classic Hornby” – Just Like You by Nick Hornby

April 17, 2021April 16, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 16, 2021April 11, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 15, 2021April 11, 2021 bookmunch

“Reflective and moving” – The Disconnect by Roisin Kiberd

April 14, 2021April 11, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 13, 2021April 11, 2021 bookmunch

“Immediately recognisable” – My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley

April 12, 2021April 11, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 9, 2021April 13, 2021 bookmunch

“A skilfully shadowed story” – Bitterhall by Helen McClory

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 bookmunch

“The Puzzling Place” – Subdivision by J Robert Lennon

April 8, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 7, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 6, 2021April 7, 2021 bookmunch

“Fascinating insight” – Undreamed Shores by Frances Larson

April 5, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 4, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 3, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 2, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

April 1, 2021March 28, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 31, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 30, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 29, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 28, 2021March 26, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 26, 2021March 15, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 25, 2021February 23, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 24, 2021February 23, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 23, 2021March 9, 2021 bookmunch

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

March 22, 2021March 10, 2021 bookmunch

“His best since The Stars in the Bright Sky” – Kitchenly 434 by Alan Warner

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Philip Roth – The Biography by Blake Bailey

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I Belong Here by Anita Sethi

Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff Vandermeer

My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley

First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

 

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