Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
The perfect balance between humour and heartbreak: a vivid portrait of childhood innocence set against a backdrop of a family's quiet collapse.
Fiction
16 books
It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over
I finished reading this book more than a week ago and it keeps running loops inside my mind, its eyes glazed over, its arms outstretched before it.
The Alternatives
A cleverly composed family novel about care and climate.
The Repeat Room
In this frightening society of interchangeable robes, telescreens and plastic trays, much of the writing lands with the potency of a punch in the stomach.
Orbital
Writing that feels like it glitters and levitates.
Pond
“In solitude, you don’t need to make an impression on the world, so the world has some opportunity to make an impression on you.”
All Fours
Here we are, witnessing a masterful and unstoppable artist perfecting her craft.
The New York Trilogy
If Baumgartner was his latest effort, I wondered, what had the polished diamond looked like when it still was rough?
