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Tag: novels

Review: Paul Howarth’s debut novel Only Killers and Thieves – a western of grit and grace

As we immerse ourselves in a bracing loss of innocence, we are riveted to the rhythm of this doom spiral.

Lost and found: The Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland by Nicolai Houm is a novel yearning for discovery

Often when reading narratives that decide to play with time, jumping back and forth without warning, I wonder if the book would hold up as well if it were rearranged in chronological order.

The dark, beautiful magic of reading Russian master Gaito Gazdanov’s stories for the first time

There’s a tenderness within Gazdanov that seems to recall Carson McCullers or Anne Tyler

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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