Jenny Erpenbeck: Gehen, ging, gegangen [Go, Went, Gone]
The latest addition to my website is Jenny Erpenbeck's Gehen, ging, gegangen [Go, Went, Gone]. This is a very timely book, as it is about the refugee crisis and is,…
Rupert Thomson: Katherine Carlyle
The latest addition to my website is Rupert Thomson's Katherine Carlyle. Thomson's novels tend to be dark and are often concerned with people trying to escape. This one is no…
Saltire Literary Awards
The Saltire Society has announced its shortlist for its 2015 literary awards. While the fiction list has several of the usual suspects - Irvine Welsh, Kate Atkinson, the underrated Janice…