The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
My thoughts on Mikhail Bulgakov's long-banned satire on Soviet social engineering.
Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi
This book started with a social media post. The author, Lea Ypi, saw a photo of her grandmother posted online and going viral in Albania. Some of the comments were offensive and wildly inaccurate, and since her grandmother is now…
Borderline Fiction by Derek Owusu
I wanted to like this novel, but I couldn't. Here's why.
September Reading: A Month to Forget
My thoughts on a month when, for once, I didn't enjoy reading. Was it the books, or was it me?
Borges Marathon, Part 23: Three Versions of Judas
Did Judas really betray Jesus for thirty pieces of silver? In a piece of fiction masquerading as a scholarly article, Jorge Luis Borges explores more virtuous motivations.
Dusk by Robbie Arnott
My review of a beautiful literary novel featuring twins hunting a puma in the Australian highlands.
Books I Read in August 2025
My reading this month took me from Japan to Guadeloupe, via Scotland and Cote d'Ivoire.
Borges Marathon, Part 22: The Secret Miracle
My thoughts on "The Secret Miracle", a short story in which Jorge Luis Borges plays with time and causality.
Milkman by Anna Burns: Review
My thoughts on a Booker Prize winning novel about a teenage girl living in 1970s Belfast and struggling to survive in a claustrophobic community of rumour and suspicion.