Ripcord by Nate Lippens, published by Pilot Press. One of my favourite novels of the year. I explain why in my review for @the_Crack
https://t.co/icefJWrDRX
One of my favourite writer’s latest books is now out in paperback. Is Nathalie Olah’s Bad Taste good enough for you? Better read the review for @the_Crack to find out:
https://t.co/vuttlLNi5L
Rob Doyle’s Autobibliography is now out in paperback, published by @_SwiftPress - I reviewed the hardback edition for @the_Crack way back when. Is it any good? Better read the review and find out.
https://t.co/OiMaeeKJEo
Find out why The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem (translated by Sinan Antoon) is a modern classic in my review for @the_Crack. Published by the great indie publisher @andothertweets
https://t.co/IPgWRd1imL
The world was one way and Lawrence was another and that, I couldn’t help but suspect, was how it was and how it would always be”. Find out why in Will Hodkinson’s classic Street-Level Superstar (@nineeightbooks) which I reviewed for the @the_Crack
https://t.co/7S4XbMvmqe
Find out how, “Literature can be much, much more revealing than political writing” by reading Isabella Hammad’s excellent Recognising the Stranger published by @FernPress_ .
I reviewed it for @the_Crack
https://t.co/RAdtpqMPMe
My review of the fantastic Never Understood for @the_Crack. It’s published by @WhiteRabbitBks and will be in the running for music book of the year. Why? Better read the review to find out.
https://t.co/wK3PMxZB5L
Why did Jenny Erpenbeck’s great novel Kairos (translated by Michael Hofmann) win this year’s International Booker Prize? Better read my review for @the_Crack to find out
https://t.co/OiwwIY35jf
Read my review of Hannah Regel’s The Last Sane Woman (published by @VersoBooks) for
@the_Crack to find out why it’s a contender for novel of the year
https://t.co/Ry9VIgT4O9
To Ease My Troubled Mind is a superb book about artistic outsider and musical cult figure Billy Childish, published, of course, by the great @WhiteRabbitBks and reviewed by me for @the_Crack :
https://t.co/gGgcYTWsg7
For @the_Crack I’ve just reviewed Rachel Cattle’s UH HUH HER (published by the brilliant https://t.co/9TZWgKbMTN), it’s one of this year’s best books. Why? Better read the review to find out:
https://t.co/iO03afOTvW
Yes, yes, of course, but unless there’s tangible benefits for the electorate Labour will be voted straight back out in four years time…
https://t.co/F2vWSIlb0M
How can fiction bear witness and act against vested interests need to forget?
I reviewed V.V. Ganeshananthan’s brilliant and compelling Brotherless Night for @the_Crack
https://t.co/8wUKRNua28
“No sooner would we write something down than the Tigers, or the Indians or the Sri Lankan Army would follow in our wake, trying to erase it”. My review of V.V. Ganeshananthan’s brilliant novel Brotherless Night coming soon to @the_Crack