Smiles and grimaces
Readers familiar with Nicola Barker’s hyper-caffeinated style will be surprised by the almost serene first few chapters of her latest…
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Author J.K. Rowling attends photocall ahead of her reading from 'The Casual Vacancy' at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on September 27, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ben...
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4th July 1977: Members of the Gay Liberation Movement protesting outside the Old Bailey over Mary Whitehouse's court action against the Gay News Magazine. (Photo by Malcolm Clarke/Keystone/Getty Images)
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The American comic novel is going through an odd phase. Just lately it seems like anything funny must sneak in…
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HAY ON WYE, WALES - MAY 30: Author and critic James Wood poses for a portrait at "The Guardian Hay Festival 2004" held at Hay on Wye on May 30, 2004 in Wales, Great Britain. The festival runs until...
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OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 09: Author D.J. Taylor poses for a portrait at the Oxford Literary Festival on April 9, 2011 in Oxford, England. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images) *** Local Caption...
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 14: English novelist Eimear McBride attends a photocall at Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square Gardens on August 14, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland....
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Avignon, France - September 24, 2016: close up photo of a street artist was playing jazz music with Saxophone on the street in old town, Avignon, France
View ArticleSix wintry days in Saratoga Springs: Upstate by James Wood reviewed
Saratoga Springs, UNITED STATES: Ice coats tree branches at the entrance to the Saratoga Spa State Park, 17 January 2007, in Saratoga Springs, New York, a few days after a winter ice storm blew through...
View ArticleThe horror of post-Brexit Britain: Perfidious Albion, by Sam Byers, reviewed
In Byers’s novel, set in the near future, no one in Edmondsbury, a small town in eastern England, is quite who they appear to be
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