And when the narrative stops on a dime after an ice-cold 97 pages, you’re left wanting more.
Category: Reviews
The jury is in for Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Execution of Justice
The case is open and shut. But when the incarcerated murderer hires a disreputable lawyer to investigate the possibility that it was someone else, the case inverts into a claustrophobic entanglement of red tape, sin and checkered pasts.
Film review: Why you need to track down The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Devastatingly powerful and disorientating filmmaking, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a true original.
Unlocking a riveting Japanese mystery: Masako Togawa’s The Master Key review
Themes of security, honour, obligation and voyeurism converge into something enticing and engaging under Togawa’s pen.
Unwrapping a Nordic short story collection: The Dark Blue Winter Overcoat
Every story in this handsomely packaged book is written by a Nordic author whether they’re from the likes of Norway, Sweden and Iceland or all the way over in the Faroe Islands.
The espionage of innocence: Probing John Le Carre’s new novel A Legacy of Spies
Lies fill rooms like smoke, choking and confusing the inhabitants while the truth slips out unnoticed, its remnants pushed into tall corners by the spreading fumes until nothing is distinguishable from the dark.

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