Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed
i didn’t understand it all but i liked it a lot
Tag: Fiction
The Baby Is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite
short and sweet novelette with a lot going for it
Getting By In Tligolian by Roppotucha Greenberg
excellent non-realist novella about public transport time travel
This Is Not A Novel by David Markson
it is a novel, but it’s a good one
The Wind’s Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin
some of the best fiction you’re likely to find… plus some stories that aren’t
The Looking Glass War by John Le Carré
accidentally read a serious novel when i wanted a trash
Driftglass by Samuel R Delany
time passes but the present and the futures we imagine don’t
Drive Your Plough Over The Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
refreshing, uplifting and far from cloying depiction of someone living an ideal life
Malcolm Lowry: A Preface To His Fiction by Richard K. Cross
a fun read for a Lowry fan but probably little interest for others
Joan Didion: The Last Interview
oh yes i didion’t
City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin
phenomenal novel from a storytelling expert – essentially flawless??? (i loved it and im so depressed i take pleasure from nothing)
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #1)
thank you charlaine harris for this perfect trashy novel
my body would be the kindest of strangers by fiona helmsley
exceptional collection of writing you should definitely read
Space Crone by Ursula K Le Guin
read a little guin
Black American Psycho by Ernest Baker
solid novel recommended in Only Americans Burn In Hell
One Thing by Xanthi Barker
deeply affecting, affectingly deep
I, Nerd by Max Sydney Smith
another nice book review descends into dissociated left-wing raving
the lady and the little fox fur by Violette Leduc
definitely not a recent reading highlight…
The Future Won’t Be Long by 🙏Jarett Kobek 🙏
one of the best normal books you’ve never read
THRU by Christine Brooke-Rose
Christmas Brooke-Rose Quadrilogy day 4/4
SUCH by Christine Brooke-Rose
Christmas Brooke-Rose quadrilogy day 2/4
excerpts from The Imagination on Trial: BS Johnson interviewed by Alan Burns
excerpts from a BS Johnson interview
Babel by Alan Burns
a middle class british heterosexual Howl
micropost – Plastic Emotions by Shiromi Pinto
brief comments on a perfect novel
The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin
pacy thriller; terrible bookstore; hot summer heat
some old fiction of mine, recently published
Originally posted on Horror Sleaze Trash:
Rasputin in the Disco Rasputin feels the madeira flow through his veins and the sweetness and…
Another Country by James Baldwin
another hagiography on Baldwin as scott packs up his north american life
Ambergris by Jeff VanderMeer
a big book about mushrooms that are magic (not magic mushrooms)
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
fiction about child soldiers that felt a little underdone
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
a bleak, beautiful, japanese novel[la]
The End of Obscenity by Charles Rembar
interesting book of the legal history of removing literary censorship
Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s (PART TWO)
if u see a dead racoon at the side of the road
Four Short(ish) Novels from 2020
can’t stop reading / can’t start doing anything else
James Baldwin Threeway
baldwin, baldwin, baldwin
Cygnet by Season Butler
a solid contemporary novel
The Triple Echo by H. E. Bates
a surprisingly great short novel that might be hateful
The Man Within by Graham Greene
greene’s messy horny debut
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
excellent mid-life crisis novel
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
reading about dragons again lol
The Long Take by Robin Robertson
some notes on a gorgeous novel
Insane by Rainald Goetz
an intense, disconcerting, spectacular novel
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
mainstream literary fiction that is actually worth reading
That Lonesome Valley by Melissa Lee-Houghton
some thoughts on a novel you should probably read
Normal People by Sally Rooney
rooney rooney
Queen Mob’s Teahouse: Teh Book edited by Russell Bennetts
some inevitably biased hagiography
How The Dead Dream by Lydia Millet
i whinge about unexpected canadian expenses and read a solid novel
Silas Marner by George Eliot
a lovely fucking novel
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
impressive, emotive, historical
Triumph Of The Now 