
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
