William Faulkner
Gatsby in Japan: Killing Commendatore, by Haruki Murakami, reviewed
Haruki Murakami’s Killing Commendatore was published in Japan in February last year. Early press releases for this English version hailed…
Mississippi and the Delta are the high-tar, full strength Deep South
My new friends and I are sitting outside what’s fast becoming my favourite bar in the world: the Under the…
A lost American classic to rival anything by Faulkner
It’s rare that granitic and iron-jawed prose is also enveloping and warm, but that’s just one of the many enticing…
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