BENJAMIN MYERS Cuddy. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

BENJAMIN MYERS Cuddy. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

Benjamin Myers’ new novel is a homage to his home city of Durham and its patron saint.  Award-winning British author Benjamin Myers was born in the northern English city of Durham in 1976. This is a fact to keep in mind when coming to his latest novel Cuddy,...
EMILY PERKINS Lioness. Reviewed by Ann Skea

EMILY PERKINS Lioness. Reviewed by Ann Skea

In this new novel from the author of The Forrests, a woman who appears to have it all begins to question her life choices. Therese and Claire live in the same four-storey former sewing factory once wholly owned by Therese’s husband’s family – but they have very...
ANN PATCHETT Tom Lake. Reviewed by Ann Skea

ANN PATCHETT Tom Lake. Reviewed by Ann Skea

A mother tells her daughters the story of her past – or some of it – in this new novel from the author of The Dutch House. ‘Wait, wait, wait, you wanted to be a vet?’ Maisie shakes her head. ‘You never wanted to be a vet. You never said that before.’ Maisie will begin...
JAMES HYNES Sparrow. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

JAMES HYNES Sparrow. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

James Hynes’ new novel spins a tale from the edge of the Roman Empire. I was initially perplexed by Sparrow, a historical novel that diverges from the usual focus of significant historical personalities and events. In this captivating tale, Hynes introduces us to an...
MAT OSMAN The Ghost Theatre. Reviewed by Ann Skea

MAT OSMAN The Ghost Theatre. Reviewed by Ann Skea

Mat Osman’s second novel swoops through a fantastical rendering of Elizabethan London. Magic, drama, theatre – and the birds: Everywhere birds. The sound hit you first: vast waterfalls of birdsong, overspilling like a treasure hoard. On first hearing it was a thick...