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My Last Ten Big Issue Book Reviews
I have had loads more Big Issue book reviews in the magazine recently. Here they are: Tokyo by Nicholas Hogg Half the World Away by Cath Staincliffe Day Four by Sarah Lotz Your Father Sends His Love by Stuart Evers … Continue reading
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THE JUMP is coming
Look what just arrived in the post at the weekend: I can’t tell you how much I love this cover, just everything about it is classy. Totally fits the mood of the book. It’s out August 6th, so expect a … Continue reading
My review of History of a Suicide by Jill Bialosky for The Indy on Sunday
Here’s my review of History of a Suicide by Jill Bialosky for The Indy on Sunday. Very moving, in summary.
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My review of Helen FitzGerald’s The Exit for The Indy on Sunday
Here’s my review of Helen FitzGerald’s The Exit for The Indy on Sunday. In summary, excellent.
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A load more Big Issue book reviews
Here are a load more Big Issue book reviews what I have done wrote. Here are reviews of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant, Robert Macfarlane’s Landmarks and David Vann’s Aquarium. Here are reviews of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band, … Continue reading
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A lovely review in the Lancashire Evening Post
It’s been out a while, so always nice when a new review pops up for THE DEAD BEAT. Here’s Pam Norfolk at the Lancashire Evening Post, declaring it ‘a mystery with its own special beat’. Lovely.
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Three more Big Issue book round-ups
Here are a few more of my Big Issue reviews: Here’s my review of new books by Chris Brookmyre and Evan Dolan, two cracking British crime novels. Here’s my review of Edith Pearlman latest story collection and Anna Smaill’s … Continue reading
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Here’s the cover for THE JUMP!
Here’s the front cover for my next novel, THE JUMP, which is published by Faber & Faber on August the 6th. I absolutely love it. Very classy. Unlike me. And here’s the back cover, with all the blurb about the … Continue reading
The Dead Beat out in paperback!
And while I remember, The Dead Beat is now out in shiny new paperback edition in the UK.
Wer Einmal Verschwindet
Guten Morgen! My novel Gone Again is published today in Germany by btb, under the nifty title Wer Einmal Verschwindet. Nice cover.
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