TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker

A new novel by Nicola Barker is something I always look forward to. Each one is totally different, yet quintessentially Barker, no-one captures the absurdities of life as she does. TonyInterruptor does this brilliantly. The novel all stems from an event at a jazz gig, where a man stands up and interrupts it with the Read More

Meanwhile at Shiny…

White Tears by Hari Kunzru I loved Kunzru’s last novel Gods Without Men (reviewed here), so I was really keen to read his latest. White Tears is the story of two young white men who discover and appropriate an old blues song, which drives them to the edge. It’s very thought-provoking and made me examine Read More