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.
AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN I’ve been feeling for a while that it is more or less impossible to pick a “best” US musician, as (along with the UK) the USA has dominated popular music basically for ever, or certainly throughout my lifetime. Then I started listening to Welcome 2 America, the “new” album by the …
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Critically-acclaimed, Pulitzer prize-winning novel of Oscar Wao, his family and the long arm of history
An often acerbic dystopian novel by US author Lydia Millet
Book 11 of my #20booksofsummer, Review no 169 AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN Progress has slowed on the blog in recent weeks, as work has ramped up to crazy levels and I’ve been working till late every day, though some time off is in sight. I finished Talk to Me by T. C. Boyle a while …
One of Anne Tyler’s most-loved novels
Kei Miller’s prize-winning poetry collection
Gripping, emotionally real tale of sibling responsibility
A call for action to curb the ill-use of both people and the natural world in Peru.
Bahamian conceptual artist Tavares Strachan is helping to redraw some of the omissions of history
Political atrocities and poetry combine in the work of installation and video artist Alfredo Jaar
