Completism
Can you recommend a good book by an author whose surname begins with Q, U, X or Y? It’s a strange question, I know.…
Review: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
The self-fulfilling prophecy is an ancient and fascinating component of literature. From Oedipus to Macbeth and beyond, characters have wrestled with disturbing…
In a desert state of mind
We’re now more than a month into our trip around Morocco, and I have lots of things I want to say about…
Living on the road
People have been asking me where I am living these days, so here’s an update. In early 2015, Genie and I started…
The Things I Care About
What do you really care about? I asked myself that question recently, and I was surprised by the results. Firstly, it seems that…
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
I read this book back in the spring, before it got shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and got a fair bit of attention. But, as…
A Story From a “What If?” Moment
One evening in Crete, a couple of years ago, I saw something that made a lasting impression on me. A small boy, maybe…
Q&A With Dodge and Burn Author Seraphina Madsen
Recently I read and reviewed Dodge and Burn, a startling and very original debut novel by Seraphina Madsen. I had the chance to…
Review of Dodge and Burn by Seraphina Madsen
Imagine Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Hunter Thompson engaging in a wild, drug-fuelled orgy somewhere out in the Arizona desert, and by…