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Book of the Week
The Nature of Monsters - Clare Clark
Clare Clark’s London of 1719 is a putrid place which roars like the
ocean, where the ash-heaps crawl with beggars and people rush about on
business so urgent that the loss of even a minute would have dire
consequences. Into this chaos is cast our co-narrator, headstrong
15-year-old Eliza Tally, after she falls pregnant by the local
landowner’s cad of a son.
Full review
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Albion - Alan Moore et al
'Albion' is Alan Moore and Shane Oakley's homage to the comics tradition that immediately preceded their early work and is an attractive blend of old and new. Full review
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The Book of Samson - David Maine
A retelling of the biblical Samson's story with brilliant disregard for the reputations of both Samson and God. Suffused with sex and violence, as well as many of the trappings of the modern thriller, this is Bible bothering at its best. Full review
Runt - Niall Griffiths
Set in the aftermath of the foot-and-mouth epidemic, a teenage boy leaves school to live with his uncle on a Welsh hill farm. With the inevitability of Greek tragedy, the story moves towards a savage conclusion in what the nameless narrator terms the 'High Parts'. Full review
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