Reading and Watching the World: Books, Film and Art
There's a whole world out there! I'm an experienced, UK-based editor and a bit of an aesthetic dilettante. I'm making it my off-duty duty to bring to your attention books, films, artists, music and TV from all over the world. Reviews are SPOILER FREE. New posts every week. See Reviews by country for my reviews from each nation.
#20booksofsummer, book 4 Priestdaddy is an acclaimed memoir by US writer Patricia Lockwood, who is currently on the Women’s Prize shortlist for her first novel, No-one Is Talking About This, and whose tweets come imbued with the aura of legend. This, her first book, was published in 2017, and has a particularly random cover in …
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Gripping, emotionally real tale of sibling responsibility
Deborah Levy’s wonderful work of almost-memoir, ‘Real Estate’
A new take on sci-fi, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize
A work of fictional non-fiction that captivated even this physics-averse reader
Disturbing and powerful International Man Booker-shortlisted novel
A call for action to curb the ill-use of both people and the natural world in Peru.
Topical, Novichok-influenced new Russian political thriller by Sergei Lebedev
I’ve read a few great books this month, after splurging on a handful of newly released hardbacks (well, the library’s shut so…. and never mind all the unread books around the house). The most enjoyable read was Canadian author Emily St Mandel’s 2020 release The Glass Hotel. I’d loved Station Eleven a few years back, …
A modern day social comedy set in Zimbabwe that manages to tackle some serious issues
