RONNIE SCOTT Shirley. Reviewed by Jessica Stewart
Ronnie Scott’s second novel explores themes of abandonment, attachment and the idea of home. Characterised from the beginning by a sense of uncertainty, Shirley is a...
Read MoreELISA SHUA DUSAPIN The Pachinko Parlour. Reviewed by Ann Skea
The new novel from the award-winning author of Winter in Sokcho explores the lives of Koreans living in Japan. At first, the language of this novel seems spare and...
Read MoreCORMAC MCCARTHY The Passenger. Reviewed by Michael Jongen
The new novel from this iconic writer embraces conspiracies, hallucinations and paranoia in America’s South. The Passenger is an ambitious novel; it is also a little...
Read MoreAK LARKWOOD The Unspoken Name and The Thousand Eyes: Books 1 and 2 of The Serpent Gates. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley
AK Larkwood’s debut fantasy series combines a death cult, magical artefacts, and an accomplished assassin. ‘Only I am without end, for desolation is my watchword....
Read MoreSD HINTON The Brothers. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
SD Hinton’s debut novel uses the structure of a thriller to explore myriad responses to trauma. Jake Harlow is a decorated Special Forces veteran, returned from a...
Read MoreDOMINIC SMITH Return to Valetto. Reviewed by Ann Skea
The new novel from the author of The Electric Hotel uncovers wartime secrets in an Italian village. Hugh Fraser is an American academic whose Italian mother, Hazel,...
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