Fludd by Hilary Mantell
an early novel from a writer who’d get more exciting with age
Tag: historical fiction
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
acclaimed canadian steampunky slavery novel
The North Water by Ian McGuire
some proper bloody man’s fiction: great, if that’s your thingaling
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
impressive, emotive, historical
The Bridge Over The Drina by Ivo Andrić
One of the most important and engaging novels I’ve ever read, a sprawling fictional exploration not of a specific person,Continue Reading
Tell Them Of Battles, Kings and Elephants by Mathias Enard
high grade historical fiction and the blogger hits some snags
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
some contemporary literary fiction about scotland
“Herod’s Filthy Bathtime” from The Body and the Baptist
Once upon a time, I was trying to be a writer…
Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy
The first Cormac McCarthy novel I read was 2006’s The Road, and it is by far and away his best.Continue Reading
Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre
I often state that me taking more than a week to read anything, irrelevant of size, is a sign thatContinue Reading
