A bruising novel investigating how love and desire operate under systems of power.
Tag: Contemporary
Review: August Blue by Deborah Levy
A breezy but potent novel of doublings and troublings.
Review: Here Be Leviathans by Chris Flynn
Amusing, playful and inventive short stories.
Review: The Lovers by Yumna Kassab
Is love a neutral force, or inherently exploitative?
Review: The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
The rich, complicated conclusion to N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy.
Review: The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Photojournalist and gambler Maali Almeida is dead. He wakes with no memory in a white waiting room where Helpers try … More
Review: Waypoints by Adam Ouston
A soaring novel that conjures awe and wonder.
Review: Root And Branch by Eda Gunaydin
A compelling search for origins.
Review: Hydra by Adriane Howell
A many-headed mystery of a novel.
Review: Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
A vast, “open-wound theatre” that peers deep into a continent’s soul.
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