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May 30, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“Very quick, very funny, very incisive” – Either/Or by Elif Batuman

May 29, 2023May 6, 2023 bookmunch

“Hopefully one day these cartoons will be historic” – The Ruling Clawws: The Socialist Cartoons of Syd Hoff

May 28, 2023May 26, 2023 bookmunch

“Quite simply: more please!” – Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

May 27, 2023May 26, 2023 bookmunch

“In nodding acquaintance of Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty” – City of Dreams by Don Winslow

May 27, 2023May 26, 2023 bookmunch

“Welcome to our world” – Art Is Magic by  Jeremy Deller

May 26, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“Blood from a turnip” – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

May 25, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“A spider web of wider resonances” – Dark Music by David Lagercrantz

May 24, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“German Romanticism” – Magnificent Rebels by Andrea Wolf

May 23, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“Wrestling with words” – Wish I Was Here by M John Harrison

May 22, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“Not a lot of room left for the reader” – Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023 bookmunch

“This attraction to difficulty” – The Rub of Time by Martin Amis

May 20, 2023May 21, 2023 bookmunch

“A powerful collection” – From Far Around They Saw Us Burn by Alice Jolly

May 19, 2023May 6, 2023 bookmunch

“Better than we expected” – The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer

May 18, 2023May 12, 2023 bookmunch

“Well worth the proverbial shufty” – 19 Claws and a Blackbird by Agustina Bazterrica

May 17, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“Wonderfully subtle and understated” – The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers

May 16, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“Pedestrian” – Music in the Dark by Sally Magnusson

May 15, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“A high watermark” – Homesickness by Colin Barrett

May 14, 2023May 6, 2023 bookmunch

“Occasionally shocking but always captivating” – Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

May 12, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“Recommended to readers with strong constitutions!” – Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

May 11, 2023May 9, 2023 bookmunch

“Well worth your time” – This is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor

May 10, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“If you like Ann Patchett or Rónán Hession, you’ll love this one” – Ruth & Pen by Emilie Pine

May 9, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“Attentive to the origins of bebop” – Viper’s Dream by Jake Lamarr

May 8, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

‘New days… carry the hope that things will / be brighter, lighter’ – Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ní Dochartaigh

May 7, 2023May 5, 2023 bookmunch

“Timely and important” – The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole

May 6, 2023 bookmunch

“A perfect present for your Union-Jack wielding neighbour” – Nothing Left to Fear From Hell by Alan Warner

May 5, 2023April 23, 2023 bookmunch

“It’s a fair old entertainment” – Through Three Rooms by Sven Elvestad

May 4, 2023March 17, 2023 bookmunch

“Like a carton of popcorn doubling as an ashtray” – Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova

May 3, 2023April 29, 2023 bookmunch

“Another smasher from Faber Editions” – Termush by Sven Holm

May 2, 2023March 26, 2023 bookmunch

“We were mightily impressed” – The Man in the McIntosh Suit by Rina Ayuyang

May 1, 2023April 29, 2023 bookmunch

“Doesn’t outstay its welcome” – Reward System by Jem Calder

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