Cherry Beach is a painful portrait of millennial queer life, and agonising desire.
Tag: Contemporary
Review: Cleanness by Garth Greenwell
Cleanness is a book of lofty ideas, grounded in the flesh.
Review: Summer by Ali Smith
Ali Smith’s Seasonal quartet is over. What a journey, and what a time for it to end.
Review: The Animals In That Country by Laura Jean McKay
The Animals In That Country is premised on the idea that if we could suddenly understand what are animals are saying, it would drive us insane.
Review: Mammoth by Chris Flynn
A mammoth and a tyrannosaurus skeleton find themselves in storage, setting the stage for a fascinating and ultimately moving romp through history.
Review: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Christmas Eve, 1617, an extraordinary storm – almost supernatural – emerges from the Arctic Ocean and, “like a finger snap”, … More
Review: Notes From An Apocalypse by Mark O’Connell
Mark O’Connell is a very entertaining, self-effacing and thoughtful companion to the end of the world.
Review: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes)
A brutal tale of murder, sex and witchcraft set in the steamy coastal plains of Mexico.
Review: The Tradition by Jericho Brown
The tradition is violation: of the land, of women, and especially black men’s bodies.
Review: The Adversary by Ronnie Scott
A story of gay frenemy-ship set in share-house inner Melbourne, uncovering uncomfortable truths about queer life and love.
