THE FAMILY MAN | BOOK REVIEW
T.J. Lebbon (HarperCollins) Set in the beautiful Monmouthshire countryside, this dark and bloody thriller is something of an oxymoron: from dinner parties and school runs to suspenseful car chases and …
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COUSIN BAZILIO | BOOK REVIEW
Eça de Queiroz (Dedalus) Cousin Bazilio was a popular novel when it was first released in 1878, first published in Portugal and then translated around the world. Margaret Jull Costa, a …
FLORENCE GRACE | BOOK REVIEW
FLORENCE GRACE Tracy Rees (Quercus) Set in Cornwall and London during the late 1800s, Florence Grace is a charming and captivating tale. The title goes some way to give away the …
KICKING OFF IN NORTH KOREA
KICKING OFF IN NORTH KOREA Tim Hartley (Y Lolfa) For a book that literally has a football reference in the title, it’s about much more than just football. If anything, …
WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR | BOOK FEATURE
Celebrating the written word has become a popular pastime as the abundance of literary awards would suggest, and it’s no different in Wales with the winners of the annual Wales …
THE GREASY POLL | BOOK REVIEW
THE GREASY POLL Mike Parker (Y Lolfa) The Greasy Poll is an insider’s account in diary form of the ups and downs of the murky world of Welsh political life, as …
THE HATRED OF POETRY | BOOK REVIEW
THE HATRED OF POETRY Ben Lerner (Fitzcarraldo Editions) For generations, poetry has been said to be something of a dying art, but in reality it has changed and morphed with …
FOOTBALL | BOOK REVIEW
Jean-Phillippe Toussaint (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Belgian writer Toussaint begins with a self-effacing disclaimer: that this compendium of intellectually-minded essays about football will be a turnoff to both intellectuals and football buffs. …
SECOND-HAND TIME | BOOK REVIEW
Svetlana Alexievich (Fitzcarraldo Editions) In what is considered to be the magnum opus from the Belarusian writer, and winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, she weaves …
WE AND ME | BOOK REVIEW
Saskia de Coster, trans. Nancy Forest Flier (World Editions) Saskia de Coster is already an established Belgian author, and now the award winning We and Me has been translated into English. With a …
WIND/PINBALL | BOOK REVIEW
Haruki Murakami (Penguin) Haruki Murakami is beyond any doubt Japan’s most internationally successful writer, with novels like Norwegian Wood and 1Q84 stunning critics and audiences alike. However, his first two novels Hear …
THE PRODIGIOUS PHYSICIAN | BOOK REVIEW
THE PRODIGIOUS PHYSICIAN Jorge De Sena (Dedalus) Translated by Margaret Jull Costa, this novella holds the classic foundations of a medieval fairy tale yet told in a modern voice. Three …
INVESTIGATING MR WAKEFIELD | BOOK REVIEW
INVESTIGATING MR WAKEFIELD Rob Gittins (Y Lolfa) If the cult hit Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn left boyfriends and husbands across the globe sleeping with one eye open, Investigating Mr Wakefield by …
BRET EASTON ELLIS AND THE OTHER DOGS | BOOK REVIEW
BRET EASTON ELLIS AND THE OTHER DOGS Lina Wolff (And Other Stories) It’s not often that you come across a novel as wonderful, alluring and surreal as Lina Wolff’s Bret …
PRETENTIOUSNESS: WHY IT MATTERS | BOOK REVIEW
PRETENTIOUSNESS: WHY IT MATTERS Dan Fox (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Arguably relevant anecdote: the other day, I went into a shop while carrying this book, put it in my basket and instinctively, …
BLACK APPLES OF GOWER | BOOK REVIEW
BLACK APPLES OF GOWER Iain Sinclair (Little Toller Books) Iain Sinclair’s latest foray into the labyrinthine workings of memory and landscape is many things: an exceptional portrait of a much …
COUNTER NARRATIVES | BOOK REVIEW
COUNTER NARRATIVES John Keene (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Counter Narratives is a fascinating read where the mode of storytelling is as integral as the stories themselves. Keene’s able command of language means at times …
APPAREL | BOOK REVIEW
APPAREL Arthur Mauritz (Dedalus) Apparel is a rare insight into the lives of a small group of people, where we, the readers, have the privilege to access their everyday thoughts, routines …
ALUN, GWENO AND FREDA | BOOK REVIEW
ALUN, GWENO AND FREDA John Pikoulis (Seren Books) Published to mark the centenary of Alun Lewis himself, this new re-working features a variety of unknown material sheds new light on …