Blogs Posts on "Contemporary Fiction"
Barbara Kingsolver on The Lacuna by Bookhugger on Nov 16, 2009Barbara Kingsolver wasn't able to come to the UK for publication of her spellbinding new novel The Lacuna (though she hope to visit in 2010), so Faber did the next best thing - went to her with their questions.
Erin’s Review: Generation A, by Douglas Coupland by Bookgeeks on Nov 9, 2009Generation X, a tale of youth in revolt against an increasingly consumerist society, was Douglas Coupland’s hugely successful first novel and he has returned, with moderate success, to the same style of framed narrative for his most recent offering...
Erin’s Review: Notwithstanding, by Louis de Bernieres by Bookgeeks on Nov 5, 2009Miss Marple always maintained that her phenomenal capacity for solving complex crimes was down to the fact that she lived in a village; being in close proximity to a fairly small group of people in an insular community apparently having provided her...
The Bookhugger Author Panel: Writing from life by Bookhugger on Nov 3, 2009We asked three very different authors about how their life experiences feed in to their writing - and about how that writing is subjected to commercial pressures. What wins - money or art? Related posts:The Bookhugger Author Panel: Historical ficti...
Erin’s Review: 2666, by Roberto Bolano by Bookgeeks on Nov 2, 2009What’s in a name? While a rose by any other name may well smell as sweet, the title of a book is most frequently inextricably linked to the nature and quality of the story contained within. Not necessary so with 2666. As the final novel written by...
October Reading Groups Round-up by Bookhugger on Oct 28, 2009If you need ideas for what your reading group should tackle next, look no further than Bookhugger's bumper October guides. Related posts:August Reading Groups round-upOctober non-fiction round-upJune reading-group round-up Related posts brought to...
Jennie’s Review: The True Deceiver, by Tove Jansson by Bookgeeks on Oct 23, 2009Tove Jansson’s The True Deceiver is a chilling book. It is not a thriller in the typical sense of that word. There is no breathless chase with certain death waiting at the finish. There are few weapons, none of them made of steel. Still,...
Simon A’s Review: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz by Bookgeeks on Oct 16, 2009There are lots of reasons why this novel shouldn’t work: the liberal use of colloquial Spanish throughout the text; the extensive footnotes going in to intricate detail about the history of the Dominican Republic; the constant geeky references...
Simon P’s Review: Occupied City, by David Peace by Bookgeeks on Oct 13, 2009I get the James Ellroy crossed with Stan Barstow schtick David Peace has been perfecting since the earliest days of The Red Riding Quartet. I also very much got the epic Lear-like grandeur of The Damned Utd. I’ve done my David Peace time, and I...
Marina’s Review: The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood by Bookgeeks on Oct 2, 2009“That night when the Waterless Flood began, I was waiting for my test results: they kept you locked in the Sticky Zone for weeks, in case you had something contagious” I felt like a child opening present under the Christmas tree when I held the n...
