Middle Passage by Charles Johnson
middling swashbuckling adventure
Tag: literary fiction
Two x Pierre Senges
didn’t like these tbh
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
great prose-verse novel about nunavut in the 70s
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
very “literary fiction” literary fiction about WW2 non-Nazi racism
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
a solid, if unambitious, novel from a major contemporary voice
Normal People by Sally Rooney
rooney rooney
How The Dead Dream by Lydia Millet
i whinge about unexpected canadian expenses and read a solid novel
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
it’s the most wonderful book of the year
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
impressive, emotive, historical
The First Day by Phil Harrison
mainstream literary fiction that I very nearly love
Such Small Hands by Andrés Barba
Digression-free review of some new literary fiction
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
I thoroughly enjoyed The Paying Guests, which was a relief as the last book I read was DIRE. I’d neverContinue Reading
The Last Summer by Boris Pasternak
Boris Pasternak was the author of Doctor Zhivago, which I didn’t realise when I picked up this slim novella aboutContinue 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
Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel
I was worried that Hilary Mantel’s 2012 Booker-winner Bring Up The Bodies would take me weeks to read. But there wasContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 