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The Crocodile – Maurizio Di Giovanni: A Review
“So what exactly do you do here at the San Gaetano police station?” Lojacono decided to give the woman another chance and sat back down. “I’m in the Crime Reporting Office. But that’s a front. I’m...
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The Liars’ Gospel – Naomi Alderman: A Review
Yesterday morning, I picked up Naomi Alderman’s The Liars’ Gospel just to see what it was like. I had no real intention of reading it until the end but that’s exactly what I ended up doing. Now, don’t...
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A Bright Moon for Fools – Jasper Gibson: A Review
Meet Harry Christmas – an impatient, curmudgeonly Englishman with a drinking problem and a huge chip on his shoulder. After stealing some money from his girlfriend and incurring the wrath of William...
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You Should Know About Don Camillo
The Don Camillo series – Giovannino Guareschi You know what? You should know about Don Camillo and his adversary, Peppone. Don Camillo is the Catholic priest of a little village in Italy’s Po Valley –...
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The Queue – Vladimir Sorokin
The Queue – Vladimir Sorokin NYRB Looking for a short, experimental, soviet-era novel? We-he-hell, look no further! The Queue by Vladimir Sorokin is set in Russia as the Soviet economy is stagnating...
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Definitely Maybe – Boris & Arkady Strugatsky
Definitely Maybe: A good read? Definitely. As good as Roadside Picnic? Maybe. I’ve already mentioned my obsession with Roadside Picnic, so you can imagine my joy at finding out that Melville House were...
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Consider Phlebas – Iain M. Banks
After enjoying the Wasp Factory and My Exploding Granny immensely, I felt I was missing a whole other side to Iain Banks – the side with an ‘M’ in it. I’m sure I’m not alone in being compelled to fill...
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Falling Man – Don DeLillo
You don’t approach a novel about 9/11 expecting giggles-a-plenty, and that’s definitely not what you get in Don DeLillo’s Falling Man. The story mainly follows Keith, an employee who manages to escape...
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Player One – Douglas Copeland
I’m not even slightly embarrassed to admit that I’ve got a penchant for global catastrophes. I’d happily stack tin cans in my bunker all day long listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor on some...
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Undermajordomo Minor – Patrick DeWitt
“What do you want from your life, Lucy?” “Not to die” “Beyond that. Were you to live, what would you hope might come to pass?” “Something to happen” So, Christmas came early for Patrick DeWitt fans...
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