Jacks Hill Road by Jennifer Grahame
We’ve all driven down one of those streets, haven’t we? One of those streets where the lawns are manicured, the pavements are clean and…
Review of The Pimlico Kid by Barry Walsh
Writing about Indian Magic recently reminded me of another book set in the 1960s, one I read a while ago and wanted…
Indian Magic by Balraj Khanna
Lately I’ve been reading quite a few books with complex structures and experimental elements. In the middle of all that, it was…
The Chocolate Shop Perverts by Ernest Alanki
Outsiders make great literary characters. Their otherness makes them naturally interesting characters, and it’s also fascinating to see “normal” people and social conventions…
The new design has landed
Welcome to my new website. After a lot of work, I’m finally up and running with the new design. I’ve still got…
Pardon my appearance…
New year, new website. I’m giving the design and layout a long-overdue overhaul, as well as making the site a bit more friendly for…
Review of Glow by Ned Beauman
Glow is a wonderfully inventive book, with some beautiful writing. Unlike Beauman’s previous two books, this one has a contemporary setting, and it’s…
London Fiction: a Reading List
A couple of years ago I was involved in a panel event on London fiction. As part of my preparation I decided to…
Under the Tripoli Sky by Kamal Ben Hameda
Peirene Press is known for publishing contemporary European literature in translation, but its latest offering takes us a little further afield, to…