<em>Half-Blood Blues</em> by Esi Edugyan
still working too much; brief notes on celibacy as sexual practice
Tag: historical fiction
Berlin: City of Stones by Jason Lutes
the first part of a lauded comic about the weimar republic
Fludd by Hilary Mantell
an early novel from a writer who’d get more exciting with age
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
