Books
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Review: ‘A Flat Place’ by Noreen Masud — Who is Worthy of the Epithet ‘Human’?
In this terrestrial memoir, Masud excavates the land beneath us to reveal the spatial politics within. In doing so, she exposes the neocolonial endeavours of world leaders today Continue reading
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Review — ‘Blue Sisters’ by Coco Mellors: A High-Voltage Whirlwind of Loss, Addiction and Recovery
Mellors’ second novel zips between the chaotic lives of three sisters come together to mourn in this symphonic dynamo of a book Continue reading
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Review — ‘Intermezzo’: Age-Gap Romance Suffers Under the Weight of its Pathos
Rooney’s fourth novel is an insightful but strained, incessant exploration of millennial and gen Z relationships Continue reading
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Review — ‘Butter’ by Asako Yuzuki: You Are What You Eat
Food, gender and power are the full-fat ingredients in Asako Yuzuki’s frank recipe for navigating for female bodily liberation Continue reading
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‘Long Island’ by Colm Tóibín: The Master of the Fork in the Road Returns
Life choices abound in this poignant transatlantic sequel Continue reading
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Ian McEwan’s ‘Lessons’: Review
History and life are two sides of the same coin in this fragmented and far-reaching coming-of-age tale Continue reading
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‘In Memoriam’: Review
An intimate portrayal of conflict, shame and gay love during World War I. Continue reading
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Bret Easton Ellis’s ‘The Shards’: A conflicted, bloody love letter to 1980s L.A.
Closeted sexual lust. Enough Valium and cocaine to last a lifetime. A deranged serial killer with a penchant for cleaving into prep-school’s finest. It’s 1980s L.A., and another steamy semester at Buckley High has just begun in Ellis’s carnal, mammoth… Continue reading
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