Stephen Coy reviews CLEANLINESS by GARTH GREENWELL ‘one of best writers of his generation’

After his extraordinary debut novel, What Belongs to You, was published, I eagerly anticipated Garth Greenwell’s second novel. What Belongs to You was set in Sofia, Bulgaria and the main character taught literature at the American school The same setting frames the second novel. In neither is the narrator named and the characters are identified … Continue reading

Stephen Coy reviews Darius the Great is Not Okay

Darius the Great is Not Okay Adib Khorram I do not think I ever read a Young Adult (YA) novel. The YA phenomenon seems to be a more recent rebranding of novels written for younger readers. In the last decade many books targeted toward the YA market have been picked up by regular, older readers. … Continue reading

Stephen Coy reviews funny lady LANE MOORE”s How To Be Alone if you Want to and Even if you Don”t

How to be Alone if you Want to and Even if you Don’t Lane Moore Growing up, Lane Moore had a very unstable family life, full of dysfunction and disappointment. As an adult, she has little contact with them. This situation spilled over into a life with few friends and those she did attain, rarely … Continue reading

Stephen Coy reviews He’s Done Ever So Well for Himself by Justin David ‘a writer with keen skills of observation’.

It would not be unusual for a reader to begin this book and think it a memoir. I did. A quick check on the jacket confirmed that it is a work of fiction. Perhaps there are people who are this funny in real life but most of us can only hope to encounter so many … Continue reading

Stephen Coy reviews LONDON TRIPTYCH by JONATHAN KEMP a book he feels really deserves more attention

True to its title, this novel traffics in threes.  Alternating between three periods, with three main characters, it proceeds in chapters devoted to each.  Jack’s story begins in the 1890s, Colin in the 1950s and David in the 1980s.  Not until very late in the novel do you learn all of the connections among the … Continue reading

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