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It has been a mixed year for literature. In the current climate, most of the big publishers have chosen to play it safe; releasing new titles from established authors which they know will sell. New novels by Grisham, King and Brown surfaced and they’re all fine if you like that sort of thing. As someone [...]
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Internet memes were once the sole reserve of acned teenagers in darkened bedrooms. But today, in a post-Rick-Roll world, viral humour is now in the mainstream. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the publishing world, with any self-respecting blog and webcomic now having at least one book to its name. While anything considered [...]
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Jonathan Littell’s novel The Kindly Ones has won The Literary Review’s 2009 award for bad sex in fiction.
The prize celebrates the year’s most cringeworthy literary sex scenes. This year’s shortlist included Philip Roth, Amoz Oz and Nick Cave. Read the excerpts in question here.
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Howdy Doody,
Haven’t posted in a few days for a couple of reasons: mainly due to the fact that I was training last week, and also had a pretty busy weekend.
I’m a bit behind in terms of posts as a result, and I hope to get some reviews and thoughts up over the next few days.
Caught [...]
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