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Issue 19 / January 2010

Neel Mukherjee

Neel Mukerjee's first novel, A Life Apart, is attracting widespread acclaim both here and abroad, he just wishes he'd started it sooner, he tells Beth Jones.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

Javier MarĂ­as Tuesday, 22 December, 2009

Dave Eggers Thursday, 19 November, 2009

Cash, Comfort and the Genesis of Literary Monsters by Henry Sutton

Set against London's creaking financial industry in the autumn of 2008, Henry Sutton's novel Get Me Out of Here holds a mirrror up to city greed in the noughties. Here he traces the rise and fall of money men in fiction, from Jay Gatsby to Patrick Bateman.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

Review of the Year 2009 Tuesday, 22 December, 2009

Tales from the City Thursday, 19 November, 2009

Lonely hearts

Published author ( History, genealogy) at the tip of Africa...

Published author ( History, genealogy) at the tip of Africa, seeking

penmate and soulmate. 50yrs. Ocasionally bibulous bibliophile. Can

differentiate between Peccaries,Pomerol and Perlemoen.Hunter/Chef.

Doglover. Send pics, will respond in kind.  Box 01/12

 

Anais seeks Henry.

F, (27, central London), is looking for labyrinthine love with the kind of man who doesn't need a ball of string. Must be articulate, adventurous, curious.

Box 01/07

Married M, 47

seeks open minded F (to 40) for bedtime stories.

Box 02/07

I didn't like the job anyway.

F, 30, recently made redundant and wanting to rediscover life after 9-5. Looking for someone similarly liberated to travel with (more is a bonus). South America takes my fancy. I am well-read, cultured, and looking to travel elegantly (though not necessarily expensively). You must be independent, amusing, clever and kind. (M, 30-40).

Box 03/07

John Burnside

John Burnside has published five works of fiction and ten collections of poetry, including The Asylum Dance, which won the 2000 Whitbread Poetry Award. Wakig up in Toytown is his most recent novel.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

Geoff Dyer Tuesday, 22 December, 2009

David Malouf Thursday, 19 November, 2009

The Coat Room by Orlando Whitfield

It wasn't until a few years after everyone had stopped thinking about his turning fifty that my teacher actually celebrated his birthday. That is to say, he stopped mourning its passing and gathered people together in recognition of this change...

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

Homecoming by Simon Lelic Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

The Mud Man by Benjamin Percy Tuesday, 22 December, 2009

Paul Murray

Paul Murray, author of Skippy Dies, spends a week perfecting the art of Christmas shopping, battling with the cat and self-medicating with Toblerone.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

Marcus Chown Tuesday, 22 December, 2009

Charlotte Grimshaw Thursday, 19 November, 2009

Robin Robertson

Robin Robertson's fourth book of poetry is The Wrecking Light.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

The Editors Tuesday, 22 December, 2009

Mary-Kay Wilmers Thursday, 19 November, 2009

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