The Man Without A Face (Masha Gessen)

A review I published for We Love This Book – originally published here on 28th February, 2012. Masha Gessen is almost over-qualified to write this biography. In fact, as a journalist, she must’ve been upset to know that the book was nearly off to the printers during the December protests, which have been hurriedly tacked on as an epilogue. It’s …

Martin Amis: The Biography (Richard Bradford)

A review I published for We Love This Book – originally published here on 9th November, 2011. If you’ve read Martin Amis’ novels, then the density of this critical biography won’t be lost on you. Amis’ life is structured like most of his works, crammed with excess and disinterest (à la Money), before giving way to post-modern despair and far-reaching …

One Week Of Danger

The following takes place between May 26th and June 1st.  Events occur in real-time. 26/5 [1334] I’ve filled up the car, I’ve been food shopping and I’ve had my hair butchered. Time to drive back to RHUL. 26/5 [1546] I went straight to the office. I’m currently begging the printers to not charge me. This is simple, seeing as I …