Gold Rush (1998) – YŪ Miri
I’ve read some of Yū’s work before, though mostly in Japanese, and mostly skimming through it for thesis preparation. So it was nice to find a whole novel in the library […]
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NW (2012) – Zadie SMITH
It’s been a long time between novels for Zadie Smith – her last, On Beauty, was published in 2005. In her defence, she has been busy having a real life, […]
The Casual Vacancy (2012) – JK ROWLING
There’s no question that The Casual Vacancy will be the most talked about book of 2012. JK Rowling’s first foray into writing for an adult audience, we’ve now known about […]
Narcopolis (2012) – Jeet THAYIL
I should start by giving full credit to Mark from Eleutherophobia for pointing me in the direction of Narcopolis. Jeet Thayil is a well-respected Indian poet, whose own history with drug […]
River of Smoke (2011) – Amitav GHOSH
I was both excited and annoyed when I found this novel on the longlist of the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. Excited, because I had wanted to read it long […]
Less Than Zero (1985) – Bret Easton ELLIS
No doubt, Bret Easton Ellis is most famous for writing American Psycho, a novel that carries an R18+ rating in this country, and I believe is still illegal to buy […]
Lights Out in Wonderland (2010) – DBC PIERRE
DBC Pierre’s other novels, Vernon God Little and Ludmilla’s Broken English, are pretty nuts. Though, when you consider Pierre’s pretty insane upbringing, perhaps one can begin to understand why he […]
Loaded (1995) – Christos TSIOLKAS
Now that everyone’s going crazy over The Slap, I figured this was a good a time as any to finally finish off Tsiolkas’ backlist. Which is weird, ’cause this is […]
Praise (1992) – Andrew McGAHAN
I’ve read some of Andrew McGahan’s later work – his The White Earth, which won the Miles Franklin in 2005 is genius, and Underground is just plain fun. I figured […]
