The Letters of Mina Harker by Dodie Bellamy
an excellent – near flawless – novel
Tag: postmodern
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
This dystopian novel feels a bit too 2016…
Berg by Ann Quin
“Help me, help me,” I cry, “I’m too sober to read”.
Zone by Mathias Enard
pleasure is a lightening bolt that leaves no trace
Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
Sometimes I read novels where I can’t really see why they were written. Novels that say very little to meContinue 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
Life, End of by Christine Brooke-Rose
Well, this is a rather painfully depressing read. Life, End of was Christine Brooke-Rose’s final novel, one written in herContinue Reading
Opium: The Diary of his Cure by Jean Cocteau
Opium: The Diary of his Cure is an odd, but engaging, book by the French not-Surrealist modernist Jean Cocteau. FriendContinue Reading
S. by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst
Over the last couple of weeks, I have slowly read through S., a weird, postmodern novel by JJ Abrams and DougContinue Reading
Girl With Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace
Having managed to twist two of the last three reviews I posted on here into David Foster Wallace hagiographies, IContinue Reading
Kapow! by Adam Thirlwell
I read Adam Thirlwell’s debut novel, Politics, a couple of months ago and quite enjoyed it, though didn’t feel itContinue Reading
Reality Hunger by David Shields
David Shields’ Reality Hunger is a non-fiction book about the fictional and the unreal being dead to contemporary creativity. ItContinue Reading
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
This is a bloody strange book. I was initially led to this postmodern 1960s American mystery-thrillery-comedy due to my enjoymentContinue Reading
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Wow. Fuck a diddle wank, David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest (1996) is a full blown literary compendium of joy. Deeply philosophical,Continue Reading
Important Artifacts and Personal Property From The Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton
The day began with a shock. Pascale Petit, the poet, sent me a series of angry tweets about the reviewContinue Reading
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
I’m a sentimental, emotional, man. I’m sensitive. I feel. I feel big. And Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 Extremely Loud & IncrediblyContinue Reading
Like a Fiery Elephant by Jonathan Coe
I first read B. S. Johnson years after first learning of him. His (somewhat infamous) “book in a box”, The Unfortunates,Continue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 