The Folio Society has been quietly turning out beautifully crafted letterpress editions of the works of Shakespeare. Litro recently had the chance to consider the craftwork, and goats, that went ...
Thea Hawlin reviews The Goldfinch and finds it sprawling but rewarding, with a breadth of scope and eye for detail which is seldom matched.
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Maia Jenkins reviews Galveston by True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto, and finds that it treads familiar territory.
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Berlin: Imagine a City explores the complex history and lasting attraction of one of Europe’s most troubled cities, through an innovative mixture of history, biography and imagination.
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Under Another Sky is an entertaining, but often meandering, inspection of Britan’s Roman past, which succeeds in its vivid prose and pleasurable obsession with minutiae but is occasionally let down ...
Though small in length, Red Room is a dense and complex collection of short stories inspired by the lives and works of the Brontë’s. Occasionally flippant, but often emotionally resonant, ...
The Lowland is uncompromising in every sense, with a clear, cold, voice and an exceptional cast of characters.
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Despite the occasional disappointing female character and a slight lack of focus at its conclusion, Elijah’s Mermaid is a haunting and often vibrant revival of the Victorian gothic.
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