The Paolo Review of Books
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
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Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan (Thomas Allen 2011) This is a story of the death of jazz at the dawn of Nazism in Germany. The name 'H...
Monday, 5 September 2011
The Testament of Jessie Lamb
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The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers (Sandstone Press 2011) This is one of the more unlikely picks for the Booker prize longlist, ...
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
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The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst (Picador 2011) The Stranger's Child is a book about the way a literary reputation chang...
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvette Edwards
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A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvette Edwards (Oneworld Publications 2011) Fourteen years ago Jinx witnesses the horrific murder of her moth...
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
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Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch (HarperCollins 2011) Set in 1857 Jamrach's Menagerie tells the story of Jaffy, a poor but happy...
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
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Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman (House of Anansi Press 2011) The narrator, Harri Opoku, is an 11 year old recent Ghanaian immigrant who m...
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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Snowdrops by A.D. Millers
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Snowdrops by A.D. Miller (HarperCollins 2010) Set in Moscow in the mid-noughties, Snowdrops is the story of Nick Platt is a British Lawyer...
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