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Picador are positioning this Gen Adult/Literary Fiction title on 1 June as a heavy-hitting state-of-the-nation novel in the vein of Don de Lillo and I can see why. Evers is an accomplished author and every page is finely-wrought, full of carefully-observed, arresting prose, and polished, effective dialogue. I struggled with it, though. The allusive present-day… Continue reading The Blind Light – Stuart Evers

My dear writing chum L P Fergusson has done it again – published by Canelo last week, you can pick this cracker of a historical thriller up on Amazon now. I reviewed it there the minute I’d finished and I’ve popped it up on the blog now. Prepare for a full immersion into the briny,… Continue reading The Summer Fields – LP Fergusson

A timely, finely-wrought novel about people living in the margins, relying on people who are more likely to harm than help. Lalwani’s close and accurate observations of the tiny shifts in feeling that persuade you to trust, when everything tells you not to, is masterly. Tuli, of Sri Lankan descent himself, is the strangely compelling… Continue reading You People – Nikita Lalwani