Books Editorial
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The Italian Teacher
Tom Rachman - Bear Bavinsky is a (fictional) American artist in the mould of the great expressionists of the 1950s, feted alongside the likes of Jackson Pollock. And like Poll...
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Adèle
Leïla Sliming - On the face of it, you may think that Adèle has it all. A journalist living in Paris, her surgeon husband, Richard, is devoted to her and they have a young son...
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Oscar: A Life
Matthew Sturgis - Even if Oscar Wilde had led a mundane existence he would still be remembered today because of his sparklingly modern plays and iconoclastic essays. But it’s ...
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The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas
Daniel James - Ezra Maas is one of the most significant artists of the 20thcentury, winning a whole raft of awards and critical acclaim. An enigmatic figure he is often likene...
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Odd Socks: Quite Funny Poems
John Robert Brown - The redoubtable local publishers IRON Press continue to provide a platform for poets who might otherwise have fallen down the back of the settee and in Joh...
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The Stranger Diaries
Elly Griffiths, Quercus - Clare Cassidy is an English teacher who has a love for Victorian ghost stories, an especial favourite being ‘The Stranger’, a chiller written by (the...
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Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far
Stormzy, Merky Books - The author of this book of recent pop history is billed as Stormzy, but it has mostly been pulled together by Jude Yawson. He’s a young writer who has s...
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The Story of Trojan Records
Laurence Cane-Honeysett - 2018 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Trojan Records, a record label and real British success story. They played a key role in making reggae global...
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Geeolck Issue One
Barry Fox - I don’t usually go a bundle for self-published curios, but in this case I’m going to make an exception. As far as I can gather Barry Fox is a local fellow who make...
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French Exit
Patrick deWitt - The Canadian author Patrick deWitt scored a huge hit with his 2011 novel ‘The Sisters Brothers’ (which has just been made into a film) and ‘French Exit’, his ...
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Gentleman Jack
Angela Steidele - The story of Anne Lister’s life (1791-1840) may have slipped down the back of Time’s settee if it were not for a remarkable series of extensive diaries she k...
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The House on Vesper Sands
Pariah O’Donnell - The second novel from this Irish author begins with a deliciously dark chapter. We’re in Victorian London and a young seamstress arrives at a grand house in...
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Love is Blind
William Boyd - Towards the back end of the 19thcentury Brodie Moncur is working as a piano-tuner in Edinburgh. The firm he is working for have a piano showroom in Paris, but b...
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