Recs if you like Waiting for the Barbarians...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
Bleakness Is My Weakness
For when you need to wallow in melancholy and misery: a collection of pessimistic, cynical, downbeat, depressing, doom and gloom fiction for my disillusioned friends.
More to come!
Got the holiday blues? Check out my list Christmas with the Cranks!
reading around the world: africa
Where To Start With: A Handy Guide by the Guardian
The first book from each of the authors profiled as part of the Guardian’s “Where to start with” series. https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/where-to-start-with
Each book represents the chosen entry point.
Tookie's Short Perfect Novels
From The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. Described as follows: "These are books that knock you sideways in around 200 pages. Between the covers there exists a complete world. The story is unforgettably peopled and nothing is extraneous. Reading one of these books takes only an hour or two but leaves a lifetime imprint…"
James Tait Black Memorial Prize Winners (Fiction)
One of Britain's oldest literary awards, alongside the Hawthornden Prize. The prize was founded in 1919 and is based at the University of Edinburgh.
