Only Americans Burn In Hell by 🙏 Jarett Kobek 🙏
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Tag: contemporary American fiction
Ambergris by Jeff VanderMeer
a big book about mushrooms that are magic (not magic mushrooms)
Four Short(ish) Novels from 2020
can’t stop reading / can’t start doing anything else
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
a solid, if unambitious, novel from a major contemporary voice
I Hate The Internet by Jarett Kobek
the best novel I’ve read about the internet
A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen
a very good contemporary novel
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus
a little bit of Vitamin D…
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead’s intriguing, if imperfect, debut
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
im blue abadadee abadie
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
books on race loved by the privileged make me nervous
Radar Road: The Best of On Impulse by Nath Jones
A short story collection, and my first experience of an eBook.
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Can I write about writing about race without discussing race? No.
Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine
What next? I thought I’d go with something a little different, a little rounder, wider, more fictional and less harrowing.Continue Reading
Lila by Marilynne Robinson
Many months ago, back when I had a regular social life, a friend of mine who works in publishing gaveContinue Reading
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
I’ve been reading a massive book* since I got back from my holiday last month, and have only just reached its end.Continue Reading
Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
Sometimes I read novels where I can’t really see why they were written. Novels that say very little to meContinue Reading
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Fuck it, I’m going to discuss the plot. MONKEYS. It’s about MONKEYS. Or, to be technical, chimps. Chimpanzees (which aren’tContinue Reading
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Someone told me about eighteen months ago that I should be careful. That when people pass the mid-point of theirContinue Reading
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch is huge. It is a massive, time-consuming tome that, though it is fun and exciting and gripping,Continue Reading
Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander
Hope: A Tragedy is a dark, funny novel. Hilarious, yet also quite serious, it is the narrative of the mentalContinue Reading
Strong Motion by Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen, the best-selling, critically lauded author of The Corrections and Freedom, also penned two other long novels before heContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 