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The Easton Ellis generation
American Psycho left readers polarised, but its author has had a decisive influence on a new generation of writersGavin James Bower was a model and now is a writer. He is tanned, thin and has short...
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The great literary walk | Stuart Evers
Joshua Ferris's new novel The Unnamed poses an old question – why has walking inspired so much great writing?The second half of Joshua Ferris's frequently brilliant, often perplexing The Unnamed is a...
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Will any other novelists 'pull a Roth'?
Can we expect any other writer approaching old age hope to defy the odds as Philip Roth did with his American trilogy?In the space of a week two email exchanges ended with my correspondent saying...
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How imprints left a lasting impression | Stuart Evers
The function of publishing houses may have changed, but within the book trade their significance remains undiminishedWith such an impressive line-up of writers – including Jim Crace, Jackie Kay,...
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What's happened to political fiction?
Ideological fiction of the kind that Orwell wrote doesn't seem to fit our times. But two powerful new novels are closely tuned to politics of the apoliticalOn the face of it, David Goodwillie's...
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Judge a cover by its book
The conservative tastes of over-mighty retailers have resulted in generic jackets that say nothing about their contentsMy first experience of Dan Rhodes's fiction was a tatty collection of A4 pages...
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Authors, like Oscar winners, should keep their acknowledgements short |...
Why do writers whose prose is clean and clear turn into gushing Kate Winslets in the thank-you pages of their books?The title story of If I Loved You, I would Tell You This, Robin Black's debut...
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Reasons to be cheerful about literature in translation
And Other Stories is an imaginative new publishing initiative using reading groups to choose what it will publishOptimism is a rare bird in the literary habitat; an endangered species. So when Colm...
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Wallander: the secret of casting crime fiction for TV
Rolf Lassgard's portrayal of Wallander – airing on BBC4 this Christmas – brings yet another dimension to Henning Mankell's rumpled detectiveIn one of those music and video exchange places, I recently...
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As well as World Book Night, let's have a Local Bookshop Year
Whether or not you support this week's grand giveaway, you should be backing your local indie, tooIn the space of a few days, two news stories – one pumped out through the usual literary sources (Book...
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Box Set Club: Our Friends in the North
In the first of a series rewatching and reconsidering our favourite boxsets, we revisit the epic drama charting the demise of old LabourRevisiting anything 15 years after you fell in love with it,...
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Brooklyn book festival's independent example
With its spotlight on small publishers and booksellers, could the success of this New York event be reproduced in the UK?St Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn seats a comfortable 900...
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The Costa short story prize is not enough
We are overdue a high-profile award for this neglected form, but we need more than a token, niche gong for a single storyThe news that the Costa prize is to give an award to the short story came...
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Stuart Evers' top 10 homes in literature
From Miss Havisham's decaying domicile to Jekyll and Hyde's shared space, fictional homes are as varied as their inhabitantsIdeas of home are nebulous, ranging from "where the heart is", to the...
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A Man in Love by Karl Ove Knausgaard – review
The second part in Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel sequence My Struggle is as invented and real as life itselfSince the original Norwegian publication of the first volume of his My Struggle sequence of...
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The Easton Ellis generation
American Psycho left readers polarised, but its author has had a decisive influence on a new generation of writersGavin James Bower was a model and now is a writer. He is tanned, thin and has short...
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The great literary walk | Stuart Evers
Joshua Ferris's new novel The Unnamed poses an old question – why has walking inspired so much great writing?The second half of Joshua Ferris's frequently brilliant, often perplexing The Unnamed is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will any other novelists 'pull a Roth'?
Can we expect any other writer approaching old age hope to defy the odds as Philip Roth did with his American trilogy?In the space of a week two email exchanges ended with my correspondent saying...
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How imprints left a lasting impression | Stuart Evers
The function of publishing houses may have changed, but within the book trade their significance remains undiminishedWith such an impressive line-up of writers – including Jim Crace, Jackie Kay,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What's happened to political fiction?
Ideological fiction of the kind that Orwell wrote doesn't seem to fit our times. But two powerful new novels are closely tuned to politics of the apoliticalOn the face of it, David Goodwillie's...
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