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New York City, 2020. Darla Jacobson and her husband Theo Harper are about to leave their Brooklyn apartment building to spend the summer...

Great Granny Webster is a great little novel by Caroline Blackwood. In 1977, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and legend has it...

Martyr!  is the debut novel by Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar and was one of last year’s buzzier books. I’m always curious about...

Alasdair Gray's  Poor Things  is a literary marvel that effortlessly blends surrealist playfulness with a profound commentary on society...

Yewon, a young woman lost in a society that doesn’t know what to do with itself and its young, dreams of a hotel with infinite keys to...

In an underground bunker, in an unknown location, silent and armed men guard a cage that is home to thirty-nine women and one young girl....

It has been a good while since I have found the time to sit down and write up my thoughts on a book. So the books I want to review keep...

Roland Mitchell‘s life can only be described as dull. He has dedicated his life to studying Victorian poet Randolph Ash, without making...

Isn’t it wonderful to have these authors you just feel entirely safe with? I can open any Toni Morrison book and I know for sure that I...

Gilead, 1956. John Ames is dying. In his seventies, the preacher knows his time on earth is coming to an end. He should be ready to meet...

For nine months now, Tom Kettle has got to enjoy the quiet solitude of retirement after ending his career with the garda. From his rented...

Sunday has quiet day and currently eats only white foods. She cannot drink anything that is not fizzy and feels best burying her hands in...

Penang, 1921. Lesley and Robert Hamlyn are expecting an important visitor. “Willie” Somerset Maugham, who has been travelling through...

Nigeria – a country marked by extreme poverty and breath-taking wealth – is home to Eniola and Wúràolá, the two protagonists of Ayọ̀bámi...

Now that Gopi’s mother has died, it is up to her and her sisters to try and keep their father from falling apart. The only thing he still...

For some reason I expected not to enjoy this novel. Based on some blurb or review, I’d saved it in a similar category to Study for...

Rarely do I sit down to type up my review with no idea how to begin. But first things first: I loved The Bee Sting. There is so much...

I am sad to report that this was quite a disappointing read for me. Not because it was bad but I had such high expectations and it just...

What are you? That’s the question you are asked by everyone from a young age. Because to a society that is built on a clear hierarchy of...

I didn’t get around to starting the final book in Ali Smith’s quartet, Summer, until that season had almost come to an end. During these...