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My review of Herman Koch’s Summer House With Swimming Pool in the Independent on Sunday

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

And another review, this time in the Independent on Sunday, of the very interesting Summer House with Swimming Pool (Atlantic) by Dutch writer Herman Koch. Uncomfortable reading, sometimes meandering, but intriguing nonetheless.

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My Big Issue reviews of Christos Tsiolkas and Pamela Erens

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, here is my Big Issue column reviewing Barracuda (Atlantic) by Christos Tsiolkas (Atlantic) and The Virgins (John Murray) by Pamela Erens. Both fine in their own, very different ways.

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