I was attracted to this collection because of the title and the strikingly simple cover design. I like themed collections and I wondered how the author would ...
Sitting on a train, yellow platforms of our memories flashing between tunnels of black. Eyeballs straining from the brilliance of us, back there.
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Sarah Dodds on the large and complex cast of characters in John Lanchester’s “Capital”, his story of London life told through the inhabitants of one street.
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My new novel, Killing Daniel, has just been released, which I realise should be an occasion for joy, but it also reminds me just how difficult it is for me ...
Nan may as well have been dead. She was on the sofabed in the front room. Sprawled, but rigid. Her hands were claw-like, yellowed and scaly. The room was cloudy ...
