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
“Don’t say we didn’t warn you” – How Democracy Ends by David Runciman
“Stick with it for the ride” – Aliens & Anorexia by Chris Kraus
“A neat amuse bouche of a book” – My Purple Scented Novel by Ian McEwan
“It’s modular” – Room to Dream by David Lynch & Kristine McKenna
“Hilarious and depressing and rage-inducing in equal measures” – The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
“There is sympathy and a generosity of spirit here” – The Strange by Jérôme Ruilier
“A quick guide to history’s most innovative physics breakthroughs ” – Schrödinger’s Cat by Adam Hart-Davis
“Blew our socks off” – The New World by Chris Reynolds
“Both escapist and engaged with the world about us” – The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
“Such a grind” – Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
“We need books like Apollo more than ever” – Apollo by Matt Fitch, Chris Baker & Mike Collins
“Rich in nostalgia, without becoming syrupy” – Graffiti Palace by AG Lombardo
“An unexpectedly noirish debut” – Heather, the Totality by Matthew Weiner
“We didn’t buy it” – Smile by Roddy Doyle
“Philosophically noir” – Green Sun by Kent Anderson
“We simply couldn’t bear it” – The Last Children of Tokyo by Yoko Tawada
“Proves the adage that a good writer is also a good reader” – Consciousness and the Novel by David Lodge
“A pleasing amble” – Linescapes by Hugh Warwick
“I must do something about this fucking establishment” – Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina
“Vintage Rushdie” – The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
“Way better than the naysayers are claiming” – The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
“Like a dark egg, its contents horror and revulsion” – Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
May: On The Pile
“Riveting read for horror fans” – Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford
“Quirky and varied” – The Book of Riga, ed. by Eva Eglaja-Kristsone & Becca Parkinson
“Gallagher’s range is striking” – Shift by Mia Gallagher
“Implacable and uncompromising – The Sound of My Voice by Ron Butlin
“Pure showboating” – The World Goes On by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
