Source: Review copy from Tinder Press. Thanks to Caitln for sending me an ARC I very much enjoyed Benjamin’s debut The Immortalists which had a clever conceit at its heart in that the four protagonists of the Gold family all know the date when they will die. It was well done, so of course I Read More
Tag: Parallel universes
Ira Levin and Jeff Vandermeer – #20booksofsummer23 nos 3 & 4
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin Decades ago, I first encountered Ira Levin when I read The Boys from Brazil, published in 1976, which was also the first time I’d ever heard of Nazi Josef Mengele – and what a chilling experience that was – and then to see Gregory Peck playing against type in Read More
Psalms for the End of the World by Cole Haddon
When a friend of mine, Theresa, mentioned a friend of hers had written a book mostly during lockdown in Abingdon (where I live), I winced, as you do. Then I thought I recognised the title and realised it was a big autumn title from Headline and that I had a proof copy on my shelf Read More