Some Fragments of Incomplete Lockdown Blogs
Richard Wright in Franco’s Spain and other fragments
Tag: catholicism
The Sign of the Cross by Colm Tóibín
a book almost squarely aimed at me
Fludd by Hilary Mantell
an early novel from a writer who’d get more exciting with age
The Blood Miracles by Lisa McInerney
a good but simpler follow up to The Glorious Heresies
Tentacle by Rita Indiana
a fantastic contemporary novella
Paraside Lost by John Milton
Imagine if the songs in Rocky Horror were shit
The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney
I’m bored of life, but this book’s a banger.
A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing was a surprise critical smash in the heady days of 2013/14, atContinue Reading
Confessions by Saint Augustine of Hippo
I have to leave the house in under ten minutes, so this’ll be a quick one. As another addition inContinue Reading
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
Today I read Colm Tóibín’s 2013 novella, The Testament of Mary. It’s very short, 104 pages in this edition, with pretty bigContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 