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Sonny Boy by Al Pacino: A Review
Sonny Boy was published by Penguin Random House and is available as an eBook, audiobook, and in hardback. It’s a must-read for fans of Al Pacino and anyone…
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Announcement: Elective on Kitchen Sink in 2025.1
This module will explore kitchen sink realism in British literature and culture, tracing its origins in twentieth-century drama to its resonances in contemporary music and poetry. Departing from…
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Same As It Ever Was (2024), by Claire Lombardo: A Review
Same As It Ever Was Review. Early in the novel, it becomes clear that Julia’s past has many chapters she is not necessarily proud of, some of which…
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The Bee Sting (2023), by Paul Murray: A Review
Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting is one of those novels that you must sit with for a while. When I finished reading it, I wasn’t even absolutely sure…
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Intermezzo (2024), by Sally Rooney: A Review
Hailed as the literary event of the year, the publication of Intermezzo was preceded by a massive marketing campaign. It included the standard sending of advanced reader copies…
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Wild Houses, by Colin Barrett review: Irish masculinities and the politics of non-violence
This review contains spoilers of Wild Houses. To my mind, thirteen always seemed like a magic number of chapters for a novel or novella. I suppose that comes from…
