It’s 1976, and Britain is in the grip of an unbearable heatwave when Bowen leaves London to return to his home town in northeast Wales. As events spiral out of Bowen’s control, his old partner Nash follows his trail. Meanwhile, young Jay finds a briefcase stuffed with cash. Math Bird’s Welcome To HolyHell is just fantastic. ItContinue reading “RECOMMENDED READ: WELCOME TO HOLYHELL BY MATH BIRD”
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Recommended Read:Welcome To HolyHell by Math Bird
It’s 1976, and Britain is in the grip of an unbearable heatwave when Bowen leaves London to return to his home town in northeast Wales. As events spiral out of Bowen’s control, his old partner Nash follows his trail. Meanwhile, young Jay finds a briefcase stuffed with cash. Math Bird’s Welcome To HolyHell is justContinue reading “Recommended Read:Welcome To HolyHell by Math Bird”
Recommended Read: Histories Of The Dead by Math Bird
‘History’s never written by the dead.’ Math Bird’s Histories Of The Dead is a brutal and brilliant short story collection that is bookended by two truly powerful short stories- ‘Histories Of The Dead’ and ‘Billy Star.’ The rest of the stories in the collection are just as well-written, moving and compelling. These are evocative storiesContinue reading “Recommended Read: Histories Of The Dead by Math Bird”
What Goes On? Edgerton, Bird
Les Edgerton What goes on, eh? Well, lots of things I guess. Looking back on the year so far, the biggest thing that pops into my mind is that we seem to live in a golden age of literature. I read an average of from four to six novels a week and the age ofContinue reading “What Goes On? Edgerton, Bird”
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