Archive | February, 2010
Ian Pople

Razmik Davoyan, Whispers and Breath of the Meadows (Arc Publications)

This book is not Davoyan’s first publication in the UK; Heinemann brought out an edition of his work some years ago but Davoyan can seldom have been as well served as in this sumptuous Arc edition, with its felicitous translations and its loving production values. In his introduction, W.N.Herbert notes that Davoyan’s work contains both […]

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Nicholas Murgatroyd

Paul Murray, Skippy Dies (Hamish Hamilton) £18.99

There aren’t many books like Paul Murray’s new novel Skippy Dies. It looks different for a start: instead of the hardback you’d expect for the RRP, you get a boxed set of three beautifully designed paperbacks titled Hopeland, Heartland, and Ghostland and Afterland instead. At about 220 pages long, they’re perfect to slip into the […]

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