the heart of the matter by Graham Greene
1948 novel about a sad catholic with too many girlfriends
1948 novel about a sad catholic with too many girlfriends
slow fiction with relentless structure
Richard Wright in Franco’s Spain and other fragments
a book almost squarely aimed at me
an early novel from a writer who’d get more exciting with age
a good but simpler follow up to The Glorious Heresies
a fantastic contemporary novella
Imagine if the songs in Rocky Horror were shit
I’m bored of life, but this book’s a banger.
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