Reviews

Bookshots: 'Broken Monsters' by Lauren Beukes

September 16th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Broken Monsters Who wrote it? This is proper horror, with the requisite amount of killings, and this is proper crime, with clues and red herrings and scumbag journalists trying to get rich on YouTube. Lauren Beukes, South African writer and author of The Shining Girls, a time-traveling serial killer story that did excellent business last year.

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Bookshots: 'Stone Mattress' by Margaret Atwood

September 15th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Stone Mattress

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Bookshots: 'The Bone Clocks' by David Mitchell

September 10th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Bone Clocks Who wrote it? Stylistic chameleon David Mitchell, author of the stylistic chameleon, Cloud Atlas.

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Bookshots: 'Perfidia' by James Ellroy

September 9th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Perfidia Who wrote it? Ellroy reintroduces characters from his previous novels—some major, some blink-and-you'll-miss-them minor—and mixes them all together, in a low-down dirty gumbo. James fucking Ellroy, author of badass books like The Black Dahlia, LA Confidential, American Tabloid, and Blood's A Rover.

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Bookshots: 'The Children Act' by Ian McEwan

September 8th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Children Act Who wrote it? The inner cynic in me can’t help but think that a good-looking seventeen year old boy pining for a woman old enough to be his Grandma is just a teeny bit dubious. Ian McEwan, the Booker-Prize winning author who has been called "one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945."

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Bookshots: 'The Drop' by Dennis Lehane

September 3rd, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Drop Who wrote it? This is the new novel by Dennis Lehane, the author behind books like Mystic River, Gone, Baby, Gone and A Drink Before the War

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Bookshots: 'The Shimmering Go-Between' by Lee Klein

September 2nd, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Shimmering Go-Between

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Bookshots: 'Metamorphosis' by Nicholas Mosley

August 29th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Metamorphosis

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Bookshots: 'Brainquake' by Samuel Fuller

August 28th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Brainquake Who Wrote it? It’s a really shitty trip if it’s happening to you, but a boatload of fun if all you’re doing is watching. Legendary American expatriate filmmaker and novelist, Samuel Fuller Invent a new title for this book: The Big Pink

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Bookshots: 'F: A Novel' by Daniel Kehlmann

August 26th, 2014

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: F: A Novel Who Wrote it? A great book, stunningly written, but I wouldn’t recommend reading it if you are prone to melancholy. Daniel Kehlmann, author of best-selling German novel Measuring the World.

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