illustration by Mitch Blunt

Aye so, here are my reviews in The Big Issue of The Free (Faber) by Willy Vlautin and Boy, Snow, Bird (Picador) by Helen Oyeyemi. I liked Oyeyemi’s book well enough, and I thought The Free was absolutely terrific. I’ve long been a fan of his work, and this is his finest novel, easily one of the best things I’ve read in ages.