In January I read eight books, all of them fiction: Shtum by Jem Lester (Orion Books) – Sure to be a big hit when it is published in April, Shtum is a wonderful, moving story of a family raising a young boy with autism. As he reaches his breaking point, Ben Jewell and his wife … Continue reading January Round Up – The Books I Read In January 2016
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The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb by David John Griffin
Published in November last year by independent publisher Urbane Publications, The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb is a weird and wonderful gothic tale. ‘Only insects inhabiting dark places were real, all other living creatures seen as dream imaginings, coloured shadows cast onto an equally shadowy world.’ My interest was piqued from the beginning of the … Continue reading The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb by David John Griffin
the owl on the bookshelf 