Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker
why i didn’t like why i hate saturn
why i didn’t like why i hate saturn
a failure of intent
a literary zombie novel. does it work? oh yes it works!
another hagiography on Baldwin as scott packs up his north american life
a hyper-cautious novel about archetypes avoids offence but also characterisation
i cannot read myself happy
sleaze is not a synonym for prurience
to adapt is not to survive
redressing a gap in my reading
exceptional omnibus from NY publisher Tender Buttons
welsh poetry, often wonderful, sometimes dry
a stupid person’s idea of a clever novel; fun but flimsy
an essential non-fiction read and a new documentary on its legacy
mainstream literary fiction that I very nearly love
writing on time travel like
there ain’t no fool like a holy fool
some really gorgeous prose
fun frothy men’s fiction
transcript of a presentation from happier days
Trump cannot and will not be ignored.
Lunar Caustic is a lie.
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