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Tag: Novel

Review: The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld

An accomplished novel that forensically examines misogyny in all its forms.

Contemporary, Female writers, Fiction, Novel, Scotland

Review: Song Of The Crocodile by Nardi Simpson

Another unpredictable and unsettling novel from the latest flourishing of Aboriginal writing.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Indigenous writers, Novel, Yuwaalaraay

Review: The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.

A tremendously rewarding novel about love in the cruellest of places.

Black writers, Fiction, Historical, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer, US

Review: The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

An ambitious novel about war and memory.

1930s, Ethiopia, Fiction, Historical, Italy, Novel, War

Review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

A tale of despair, illness and poverty that captures the swooping highs and devastating lows of life.

Contemporary, gay, Glasgow, Man Booker prize, Novel, queer, Scotland

The best books I’ve read 2020

The books that have had the biggest impact on me this year.

Argentina, Australian, Classics, Contemporary, End of year review, Environment, Fiction, Indigenous writers, Nonfiction, Novel, Year in review

Review: The Adventures Of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (translated by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre)

Lesbians! Cowboys! Argentina!

Argentina, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical, Indigenous Americans, LGBTIQ, Man Booker International, Novel, queer, Translation

Review: The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (translated by Michele Hutchison)

This is a novel that does what it says: a truly discomforting tale of death and grief set in a grim twilight world.

Contemporary, Fiction, Man Booker International, Netherlands, Novel, Translation

Review: A Treacherous Country by K. M. Kruimink

A strange and misty novel set in colonial Van Diemen’s Land.

Australian, Fiction, Historical, Novel, Tasmania

Review: Real Life by Brandon Taylor

An aching novel of a young man trying to find a place in the world.

America, Fiction, gay, Man Booker prize, Novel, US

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