Speculative
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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 ... -
THE WHISPERING MUSE by Laura Purcell (BOOK REVIEW)
“You see, now, the beauty of tragedy? It has so many faces. Not all doom and gloom but nobility, honour and a hundred other qualities. You ... -
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, ... -
SKEIN ISLAND by Aliya Whiteley (BOOK REVIEW)
“I keep her trapped in my words. I hold her prisoner, and that is what she deserves” Aliya Whiteley writes across many different genres and lengths. ... -
THE BLOATER by Rosemary Tonks
“Are we fully adult, responsible pillars of society? Certainly; it’s simply that we’re allowed two or three safety valves nowadays, and rank silliness is one of ... -
EMPATHY by Hoa Pham (BOOK REVIEW)
“We have always been we. Then they forced us to become you and I.” “What is free will? Do we honestly have free will when we ... -
SATURNALIA by Stephanie Feldman (BOOK REVIEW)
“That’s the point of Saturnalia, of all carnivals: to break the rules, to upend society, to make a no one king for the night. But it’s ... -
AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW by Zoulfa Katouh (BOOK REVIEW)
“For now, this flag is our shield against the cold winters, the bombs falling from the sky, and the bullets that tear into our bodies. In ... -
THE WITNESSES ARE GONE by Joel Lane (BOOK REVIEW)
“Everything we search for, every holy grail, is something we cannot afford to find.” After bringing Joel Lane’s debut novel From Blue To Black (2000), short ... -
EXPECT ME TOMORROW by Christopher Priest (BOOK REVIEW)
“How much longer could they continue to live here? The impossibility of life in this constant heat, the risk and inconvenience of venturing outside, the sense ...
