Category: Review
“Hopefully one day these cartoons will be historic” – The Ruling Clawws: The Socialist Cartoons of Syd Hoff
“Quite simply: more please!” – Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
“In nodding acquaintance of Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty” – City of Dreams by Don Winslow
“Welcome to our world” – Art Is Magic by Jeremy Deller
“Blood from a turnip” – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
“A spider web of wider resonances” – Dark Music by David Lagercrantz
“German Romanticism” – Magnificent Rebels by Andrea Wolf
“Wrestling with words” – Wish I Was Here by M John Harrison
“Not a lot of room left for the reader” – Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
“This attraction to difficulty” – The Rub of Time by Martin Amis
“A powerful collection” – From Far Around They Saw Us Burn by Alice Jolly
“Better than we expected” – The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
“Well worth the proverbial shufty” – 19 Claws and a Blackbird by Agustina Bazterrica
“Wonderfully subtle and understated” – The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers
“Pedestrian” – Music in the Dark by Sally Magnusson
“A high watermark” – Homesickness by Colin Barrett
“Occasionally shocking but always captivating” – Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
“Recommended to readers with strong constitutions!” – Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
“Well worth your time” – This is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor
“If you like Ann Patchett or Rónán Hession, you’ll love this one” – Ruth & Pen by Emilie Pine
“Attentive to the origins of bebop” – Viper’s Dream by Jake Lamarr
‘New days… carry the hope that things will / be brighter, lighter’ – Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ní Dochartaigh
“Timely and important” – The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole
“A perfect present for your Union-Jack wielding neighbour” – Nothing Left to Fear From Hell by Alan Warner
“It’s a fair old entertainment” – Through Three Rooms by Sven Elvestad
“Like a carton of popcorn doubling as an ashtray” – Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
“Another smasher from Faber Editions” – Termush by Sven Holm
“We were mightily impressed” – The Man in the McIntosh Suit by Rina Ayuyang
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