Books and Reviews
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Joost Swarte: Is That All There Is?
Compendium of the Dutch cartoonist’s satirical alternative comics
3 Feb 2012
Shalom Auslander - Hope: A Tragedy
Probably the funniest book that’s ever going to be written about the Holocaust
1 Feb 2012
Jeet Thayil - Narcopolis
Bombay-centric social drama with tangible atmosphere but little narrative drive
1 Feb 2012
Helen Schulman - This Beautiful Life
Slightly outdated family drama that retains some timeliness and authenticity
1 Feb 2012
Courtney Taylor-Taylor & Jim Rugg - One Model Nation
Unsuccessful comic book crossover attempt from the Dandy Warhols frontman
27 Jan 2012
Sophie Hannah - Kind of Cruel
The seventh Zailer and Waterhouse murder mystery zips along but falters at the end
27 Jan 2012
Edmund White - Jack Holmes and His Friend
A beautifully written tale of sex and male friendship
5 Jan 2012
Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows - Neonomicon
Moore takes some liberties with Lovecraft's stories, but as ever, does a grand job of it
5 Jan 2012
Stuart MacBride - Birthdays for the Dead
The tartan noir author diverges from the Logan McRae series with a compelling and brutal thriller
5 Jan 2012
Marcus Berkmann - A Shed of One’s Own
Occasionally hilarious, occasionally turgid treatise on middle-age
5 Jan 2012
Ali Shaw - The Man Who Rained
Fantastical modern fable from the author of The Girl With Glass Feet
19 Dec 2011
Miranda July - It Chooses You
Charming miscellany of human oddness from the Californian Renaissance Woman
12 Dec 2011
Metaphrog - Louis: Red Letter Day
Reissue of the Glasgow-based graphic novel duo's 2000 Louis debut
12 Dec 2011
Simon Armitage - The Death of King Arthur
The Yorkshire poet follows his Gawain translation with another medieval epic
12 Dec 2011
Adam Ross - Ladies and Gentlemen
Comically dark short story collection from the Mr Peanut author
12 Dec 2011
Douglas Coupland & Graham Roumieu - Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People
Pacy but insubstantial short story collection
12 Dec 2011
Michel Schneider - Marilyn’s Last Sessions: A Novel
Poorly structured fictional history of star's final sessions on the couch
12 Dec 2011
The Art of Joe Kubert
Wonderful collection of comics art from one of the legends of the medium
21 Nov 2011
Stephen King - 11.22.63
The horror writer's time-travelling thriller fails to take full advantage of its premise
15 Nov 2011
Rick Remender & Tony Moore - Venom / Zeb Wells & Clayton Crain - Carnage
Spiderman villains comics deliver great action
15 Nov 2011
Sarah Hall - The Beautiful Indifference
The Booker nominee delivers a short story collection with an eye for spectacular imagery
15 Nov 2011
Axel Scheffler (illus.) - The Gloomster
Julia Donaldson's favoured illustrator fails to justify the asking price of this slim poetry adap
15 Nov 2011










