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Ned Beauman - Boxer Beetle

Ned Beauman - Boxer Beetle

(4 stars)23 Jul 2010

(Sceptre) Not one for the easily shocked, young scribe Ned Beauman subjects the reader to a parade of ghoulish events and ghastly theories throughout his dazzling first novel Boxer Beetle. Admittedly it’s hard work at first, as we’re introduced to a…

Simon Rich - Elliot Allagash

Simon Rich - Elliot Allagash

(4 stars)23 Jul 2010

(Serpent’s Tail) As the debut novel from Saturday Night Live’s youngest ever writer, Elliot Allagash fulfils expectations. A hilariously satiric novel peppered with innovative anecdotes, the narrative may be simple but the comedy is fast-paced and…

5 Debut Novels for July 2010

5 Debut Novels for July 2010

24 Jun 2010

Deborah Kay Davies - True Things About Me Welsh poet and short story writer with a debut novel about an unnamed woman whose life is unravelling through a tale of lust, obsession and violence. (Canongate) Jean Kwok - Girl in Translation Based…

Adam Haslett - Union Atlantic

Adam Haslett - Union Atlantic

(4 stars)24 Jun 2010

(Tuskar Rock) The post-9/11 landscape of Massachusetts in 2002 is the canvas upon which Pulitzer-shortlisted author Adam Haslett places his debut novel. With some style, he foreshadows the culture of greed and moral bankruptcy in the American…

Gemma Weekes

Gemma Weekes - Love Me

8 Jan 2009

‘A Big Mac and a hot chocolate please,’ comes the voice down the phone. Gemma Weekes is in McDonalds, ordering lunch, pushing her son’s buggy and doing an interview. I ask if I’m calling at a bad time. ‘No, no,’ she insists, laughing and also…

All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well

(4 stars)16 Jul 2007

DEBUT NOVEL TOD WODICKA All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well (Jonathan Cape) What an exceptionally odd yet utterly compelling debut novel this is, quite unlike the typical…

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