Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton part 2
This second reading of Birnam Wood was for the gardening book club – there is a link to growing vegetables … More Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton part 2
This second reading of Birnam Wood was for the gardening book club – there is a link to growing vegetables … More Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton part 2
This is the first book in a quartet that tells the story of the Pelletier family in 1948 who live … More The Wide World by Pierre Lemaitre, trans. Frank Wynne
This is a thriller that moves along at pace with the leads Antonia, the smartest person on earth, and Jon … More Black Wolf by Juan Gomez-Jurado
You work for an art magazine and in a meeting one day, someone says why don’t we have some fiction … More Nat Tate: An American Artist 1928 – 1960 by William Boyd
I love graphic novels but don’t buy then because I can finish them in an hour. I do enjoy finding … More Driving Short Distances by Joff Winterhart
I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces. Perhaps not surprisingly, I am also a … More The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Would it be wrong to say that I recognised parts of myself in the slightly self-obsessed, vain narrator of this … More Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
This is a big book in every way and one that details the state of marriage in the 21st century, … More Wellness by Nathan Hill
I have just finished binge watching One Day on Netflix, the story of a boy and a girl who meet … More Day by Michael Cunningham
Having just read The Mercenary, Beirut Station turned up really quickly in the library and this one had far more … More Beirut Station by Paul Vidich