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Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee review – first love and rising tides
In this coming-of-age story set in a near-future England, a teenager discovers life’s possibilities as climate chaos intensifies
Lucy Scholes
15, Apr, 2021 @8:00 AM
The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy review – a swirling, sensual feast
This timely reissue of Brophy’s 1964 masterpiece transports us to a New Year’s Eve masquerade ball full of romance and eroticism
Lucy Scholes
04, Dec, 2020 @12:00 PM
Peach by Emma Glass review – potent debut
A skin-crawling tale that articulates the unspeakable about a teenage girl’s sexual assault
Lucy Scholes
07, Jan, 2018 @11:00 AM
The Anna Karenina Fix: Lessons from Russian Literature by Viv Groskop – review
Biblio-memoir of a russophile conveyed in a charming, breezy style
Lucy Scholes
01, Oct, 2017 @9:00 AM
The Party by Elizabeth Day review – well-paced literary thriller
A boarding school boy becomes obsessed with a rich classmate in Day’s gripping novel about secrets, betrayal and the British establishment
Lucy Scholes
16, Jul, 2017 @8:00 AM
The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice by Judith Mackrell – review
Three remarkable women are at the heart of this colourful story of an unloved building on the Grand Canal that became one the world’s most celebrated museums
Lucy Scholes
02, Jul, 2017 @1:00 PM
Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple review – a sweet slice of city life
A mother and son’s day out in Seattle proves a warm, humorous experience
Lucy Scholes
18, Jun, 2017 @6:00 AM
When Light Is Like Water by Molly McCloskey – review
McCloskey is a beautiful writer but her heroine remains unreadable in this hazy tale of a love life unravelling
Lucy Scholes
04, Jun, 2017 @10:00 AM
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patty Yumi Cottrell review – an electifying existential detective hunt
The freshness of this debut is a delight – much like the hilariously untrustworthy protagonist
Lucy Scholes
07, May, 2017 @11:00 AM
Black Moses review – a rip-roaring coming of age tale in the Congo
Alain Mabanckou’s vibrant novel follows an orphan making a life for himself in the people’s republic of the 1970s
Lucy Scholes
30, Apr, 2017 @9:00 AM
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg review – a New York heroine you can relate to
A wickedly funny and honest portrayal of love, ambition, sex – and the city
Lucy Scholes
25, Apr, 2017 @8:59 AM
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin review – masterful eco-horror from Argentina
A debut novel of creeping menace, toxic pesticides, and a mother and son caught in a living nightmare
Lucy Scholes
02, Apr, 2017 @10:00 AM
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