Author: Jonathan Thornton
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WALKING PRACTICE by Dolki Min, translated by Victoria Caudle (BOOK REVIEW)
“I wasn’t raised as a life-form of limited imagination. But truthfully, on my home planet, no one could have imagined that there is something that walks ... -
THE DRIVER’S SEAT by Muriel Spark (BOOK REVIEW)
“’Too much self-control, which arises from fear and timidity, that’s what’s wrong with them. They’re cowards, most of them.’ “’Oh, I always believe that’, says Mrs ... -
THE WITCH IN THE WELL by Camilla Bruce (BOOK REVIEW)
“They will come to the well whether we want them to or not, pulled by the power of our misery. Like calls to like, and there ... -
OWLISH by Dorothy Tse, translated by Natascha Bruce (BOOK REVIEW)
Dorothy Tse – Owlish (2020, translated by Natascha Bruce 2023) “He first saw her back, her spine like a giant millipede extending from her coccyx to ... -
THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA by Shehan Karunatilaka (BOOK REVIEW)
“Being a ghost isn’t that different to being a war photographer. Long periods of boredom interspersed with short bursts of terror. As action-packed as your post-death ... -
ALL THE BLOOD WE SHARE by Camilla Bruce (BOOK REVIEW)
“We take care of our own. The rest can fend for themselves.” “It just will not do to let people see the maggots that crawl inside ... -
THE SANDMAN: BOOK TWO by Neil Gaiman (BOOK REVIEW)
The Sandman: Book Two – written by Neil Gaiman. Artists: Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg, Matt Wagner, P. Craig Russell, George Pratt, Dick Giordano, ... -
THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER by Muriel Spark (BOOK REVIEW)
“There isn’t any war and peace any more, no good and evil, no communism, no capitalism, no fascism. There’s one area of conflict left and that’s ... -
T H WHITE: A BIOGRAPHY by Sylvia Townsend Warner (BOOK REVIEW)
Sylvia Townsend Warner – T H White: A Biography (1967, Handheld Press edition 2023) “In fact, The Sword in the Stone had allowed him two wish-fulfilments. ... -
BERG by Ann Quin (BOOK REVIEW)
“A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father…” And with that iconic opening line, ...
