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 …
Small Man In A Book (Rob Brydon)
Another review for We Love This Book. Rob Brydon visited Guildford in December for a book signing. That’s right, the comic impresario came to a sleepy Home County to promote his life story. But why am I telling you this? Well, where he’s been and who he’s met is a crucial part of Small Man In A Book. Because everyone …
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 …
Civil Sin
With 20,000 words left to write for April 26th and having just handed in my dissertation about six hours earlier, I should be either celebrating or furiously scribbling away the last double-spaced, footnoted pages of my degree. However, like the aspiring journalist I so crave to be defined as, instead I sat down in front of BBC One’s See You …
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