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Monument Maker by David Keenan review – an experimental compendium
Science fiction, theology, puzzles and a whole lot of sex … this mammoth novel is one extended stylish flourish that threatens to lose the plot
Stuart Kelly
07, Aug, 2021 @8:00 AM
Zed by Joanna Kavenna review – a brilliant big-tech dystopia
This delirious satire about the corrosive effects of technology takes our hall-of-mirrors times very seriously indeed
Stuart Kelly
24, Jul, 2019 @8:00 AM
The Beat of the Pendulum by Catherine Chidgey – snippets from everyday life
A ‘found novel’ constructed out of emails, conversations and satnav instructions overloads the reader
Stuart Kelly
09, Jan, 2019 @3:00 PM
The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry review – pastiche Victoriana
An anaesthetist’s assistant and a plucky housemaid team up in a historical crime caper from husband-and-wife team Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman
Stuart Kelly
11, Oct, 2018 @11:00 AM
Does Elon Musk really understand Iain M Banks's 'utopian anarchist' Culture?
The tech entrepreneur has endorsed a vision of monolithic totalitarianism overseen by machiavellian machines – and one that is neither entirely utopian or anarchist
Stuart Kelly
19, Jun, 2018 @10:32 AM
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff review – smartly subversive pulp horror
Secret societies, ghosts and Ku Klux Klan killers … racists are the monsters in this Lovecraft homage with a conscience
Stuart Kelly
14, Mar, 2018 @3:00 PM
theMystery.doc by Matthew McIntosh review – a giant scrapbook of ideas
But is there a story worth telling behind the 1,600 pages of asterisks, photos and text messages?
Stuart Kelly
08, Dec, 2017 @9:01 AM
Surprised by the Booker shortlist? Don't judge the books, study the judges
As a former judge, I sometimes joke that the only year I correctly picked the Man Booker winner was when I was on the panel – it’s too unpredictable
Stuart Kelly
14, Sep, 2017 @2:32 PM
Game of Thrones will not be decided by a contest of TV and print
George RR Martin’s mighty fantasy might be somewhat different on page and screen, but those distinctions are the least interesting aspects of the story
Stuart Kelly
21, Jul, 2017 @10:52 AM
Broken River by J Robert Lennon review – astonishing, nasty, brilliant
This magnificently creepy haunted house thriller keeps the reader guessing with languorous prose and shifts of perspective
Stuart Kelly
01, Jul, 2017 @6:30 AM
Reading Twin Peaks: the literary tie-ins that tantalised and infuriated
From The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer to the Autobiography of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, the success of these tie-ins lies in their failure to provide real answers
Stuart Kelly
16, Jun, 2017 @2:00 PM
Warriors in weaponised kilts: where Outlander creator Diana Gabaldon gets her ideas from
The author of the cult Highland time travel series transports our writer back to the era of tartan onesies and exploding sporrans
Stuart Kelly
05, Jun, 2017 @6:23 PM
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