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Swamplandia

Swamplandia! (2011) – Karen RUSSELL

March 16, 2013by Matthew Todd 2 Comments

There was an outcry last year when the Pulitzer Prize judges decided not to award the Fiction prize—the first time since 1977. For me, the biggest story to come out […]

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Russell Karen
livinginthemaniototo

Living in the Maniototo (1979) – Janet FRAME

November 10, 2012by Matthew Todd 4 Comments

This is the last of the novels I bought in New Zealand at the beginning of the year, and the woman at the second-hand bookstore said I chose well. Janet […]

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Frame Janet
The Tiger's Wife

The Tiger’s Wife (2011) – Téa OBRECHT

April 3, 2012by Matthew Todd 4 Comments

I need to start this review with a confession: I didn’t want to like The Tiger’s Wife. We have sold a huge number of copies of this book since it […]

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Obrecht Téa
1Q84

1Q84 (2009) – Haruki MURAKAMI

December 13, 2011by Matthew Todd 38 Comments

I need to start this review with something of a caveat – for the most part, I don’t like the work of Haruki Murakami. His works tend to leave me […]

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Murakami Haruki, SMALP2011
The Lake

The Lake (2005) – Banana YOSHIMOTO

November 22, 2011by Matthew Todd 21 Comments

This is my first proper dip into the longlist of this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize – that’s quite exciting, isn’t it? I read Yoshimoto’s Kitchen a long, long time […]

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SMALP2011, Yoshimoto Banana
From the Mouth of the Whale

From the Mouth of the Whale (2008) – SJÓN

November 1, 2011by Matthew Todd 1 Comment

John Self’s fascinating review of From the Mouth of the Whale intrigued me when I read it, and had it in the back of my mind that I should find […]

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Sjón
Sputnik Sweetheart

Sputnik Sweetheart (1999) – Haruki MURAKAMI

September 13, 2011by Matthew Todd Leave a comment

Haruki Murakami’s new novel, 1Q84, is being released in English translation later this year, and I’m quite keen to read it. As such, I’m trying to catch up on some […]

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Murakami Haruki
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Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) – Gabriel García MÁRQUEZ

June 14, 2011by Matthew Todd Leave a comment

What do you do when you come up against an author who is pretty clearly established as THE major voice of Latin American fiction of the 20th century? It’s not […]

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Márquez Gabriel García

Her Fearful Symmetry (2009) – Audrey NIFFENEGGER

May 4, 2010by Matthew Todd Leave a comment

I loved The Time Traveller’s Wife. Truly, it is one of the best science fiction novels of the past ten years, and definitely one of the greatest love stories ever […]

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Niffenegger Audrey

Wonders of a Godless World (2009) – Andrew McGAHAN

September 30, 2009by Matthew Todd 17 Comments

With my reading dry spell finally broken (avast, Orham Pamuk!), I treated myself to a new novel. To be fair, though, I borrowed it from work. No splurging here – […]

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McGahan Andrew

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