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Tag Archives: big issue
A catch-up on my Big Issue reviews
As per, I’ve been slack at putting my book reviews up on here. So here are the last six books I’ve reviewed for the Big Issue magazine: Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien (Faber) An Atlas of Countries that Don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged big issue, faber, jacaranda, macmillan, saraband, windmill
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The Cartel by Don Winslow – Simply Astonishing
Here’s my review of The Cartel by Don Winslow in The Big Issue magazine. Taken together with its predecessor, The Power of the Dog, it’s one of the most impressive literary achievements I’ve ever read. Simply astonishing stuff. My review … Continue reading
My Big Issue reviews of Non-fiction by Suzanne O’Sullivan and Stephen Witt
Here are my Big Issue reviews of cracking non-fiction by Suzanne O’Sullivan and Stephen Witt books, about health and music respectively.
My Reviews of Gunnar Staalesen and Karin Fossum Novels
Here are my reviews in The Big Issue of new novels by two veterans of Nordic Noir, Gunnar Staalesen and Karin Fossum. Both excellent, in summary.
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Tagged big issue, gunnar staalesen, karin fossum, nordic noir
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Ten Book Reviews I’ve Written Recently
Been very slack in putting my book reviews up, so here is a round-up of stuff that has appeared in print in the last couple of months: Perfidia by James Ellroy in the Independent on Sunday. Evil Eye by Joyce … Continue reading
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Tagged big issue, doug johnstone, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll by Zoe Cormier, Drunk Tank Pink by Adam Alter, Evil Eye by Joyce Carol Oates, Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival by Laurence Gonzales, independent on sunday, Mr Mac And Me by Esther Freud, Perfidia by James Ellroy, Plato at the Googleplex by RebeccaNewberger Goldstein, Sex, The Drop by Dennis Lehane, Woody Guthrie: And the Dust Bowl Ballads by Nick Hayes
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My Big Issue Reviews of Dwayne Alexander Smith and Tom Wright
Another week, another couple of cracking books to review in The Big Issue. This time round two American crime novels, Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith and Tom Wright’s Blackbird. I got on well with them both, especially Forty Acres, … Continue reading
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Tagged big issue, blackbird, canongate, doug johnstone, dwayne alexander smith, faber, forty acres, mitch blunt, tom wright
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My Big Issue reviews of Bethan Roberts and Kerry Hudson
…and here are my reviews of Mother Island by Bethan Roberts and Thirst by Kerry Hudson, both published by Chatto & Windus. Two writers with a lot of humanity and empathy.
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Tagged bethan roberts, big issue, chatto & windus, doug johnstone, Kerry Hudson, mother island, thirst
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My Big Issue reviews of Emily Carroll, Eli Horowitz, Matthew Derby and Kevin Moffett
Bit slow getting this stuff up, summer holidays and all that. Anyway, here are my Big Issue reviews of Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (Faber) and The Silent History (Jonathan Cape) by Eli Horowitz, Matthew Derby and Kevin Moffett. The first … Continue reading
My Big Issue reviews of Ben Shephard, Simon Sylvester & Tony Black
Aye so, here’s my latest cheeky wee Big Issue books column, reviewing three books: Headhunters by Ben Shephard – non-fiction about ‘The Search for a Science of the Mind’ The Visitors by Simon Sylvester – a dreamlike debut novel set … Continue reading
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My Big Issue review of Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth, Bryan Talbot & Emma Jane Unsworth
In my latest Big Issue column I reviewed Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, the graphic novel by Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot, and also Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth. My chatter is here.
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