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It was winter, and it was dark.
The Prone Gunman is Jean-Patrick Manchette’s most famous novel translated into English, though since only two of his novels have been translated that’s not perhaps saying too much. Both Th… more →
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Müller, Herta (1986) Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt (The Passport)
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Ben wrote 1 month ago: Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt (The Passport) (1986) Herta Müller Translated by Martin … more →
It was winter, and it was dark.
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Max Cairnduff wrote 1 month ago: The Prone Gunman is Jean-Patrick Manchette’s most famous novel translated into English, though … more →
The social relations of production
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Max Cairnduff wrote 3 months ago: Three to Kill is a 1976 slice of extraordinarily black French noir fiction, written by Jean-Patrick … more →
Pity, terror and grief
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Max Cairnduff wrote 4 months ago: At its best, crime fiction is moral fiction. It is a forensic examination of the relationship betwee … more →
New Translations from Polish Ahead...
w martin wrote 5 months ago: Well, Chad Post beat me to the punch with the news about Danuta Borchardt’s new translation of … more →
The coke sweat had been dutifully airbrushed from the mayor's forehead; only a contaminated grin remained
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Max Cairnduff wrote 6 months ago: A Firing Offence is the 1992 first novel of George Pelecanos, later to become (relatively) well know … more →
.tweeting a dead horse.
VJESCI wrote 8 months ago: .the train behind the house no longer sings in smoke.2:51 PM Mar 21st from mobile web @cunch .mere m … more →
Alain Mabanckou: Broken Glass
exchangesjournal wrote 10 months ago: Laila Lalami has written a review of what sounds like an interesting novel: Congolese (living in L.A … more →
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
profmike wrote 10 months ago: It has taken me an uncommonly long time to read this book, partly because of limited reading opportu … more →
I knocked at a second-floor flat in a dreary house, one of two hundred in a dreary Catford street.
Max Cairnduff wrote 1 year ago: So starts the second of Derek Raymond’s factory novels, The Devil’s Home on Leave, uncoi … more →
“The Singer” Cathi Unsworth (Serpents Tail) – novel review
emmalee1 wrote 1 year ago: Vince Smith has all the qualities a vocalist needs: charisma, the ability to inspire undying loyalty … more →
Christopher Fowler - Old Devil Moon
demonik wrote 1 year ago: Christopher Fowler – Old Devil Moon (Serpent’s Tail, 2007) Cover designed by Harriman St … more →
To be an animal that thinks persistently in terms way beyond its lifespan sets us a frightful problem.
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Max Cairnduff wrote 1 year ago: And a problem for which He Died with his Eyes Open by Derek Raymond has no comforting answers. He Di … more →
THIS IS THE NORTH. WE DO WHAT WE WANT!
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Max Cairnduff wrote 1 year ago: Originally posted 11 July 2008. Since I’m still only part way through my current read, At Lady … more →
Calendar Girl - Stella Duffy
savidgereads wrote 1 year ago: Having read ‘The Room of Lost Things’ earlier in the year I had wanted to read some of the other nov … more →
Belonging by Ron Butlin
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Lisa wrote 1 year ago: Part of Scottish Literature week. Belonging by Ron Butlin is an intense and challenging novel about … more →
Service Wash - Rupert Smith
savidgereads wrote 1 year ago: One of the regulars at Polari is Rupert Smith and I decided that I should give one of his books a go … more →
