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My Big Issue reviews of Emily Carroll, Eli Horowitz, Matthew Derby and Kevin Moffett

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

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 →

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My review of The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvine Welsh

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

I reviewed this in the Independent on Sunday. It is a terrific book. It’s a slightly misleading title, however. Read my review here.

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In which I have a wee pop at Jonathan Lethem’s new book

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, I didn’t much like Jonathan Lethem’s Dissident Gardens. Here’s my review in the Independent on Sunday today. Why do authors feel the need to write the Great American Novel? Just tell stories, guys.

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