“There was a whispering, silence; and on the floor the snow melted to tears.” Alan Garner’s Treacle Walker (4th Estate, HarperCollins 2021) was my final read of the 2022 Booker Prize longlist. Having read it, I’m a bit surprised this slim, little oddity of a novel made the shortlist; but it did, and Garner isContinue reading “TREACLE WALKER – Alan Garner”
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THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA – Shehan Karunatilaka
“All stories are recycled and all stories are unfair. Many get luck, and many get misery. Many are born to homes with books, many grow up in the swamps of war. In the end, all becomes dust. All stories conclude with a fade to black.” “I was there to witness. That is all. All thoseContinue reading “THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA – Shehan Karunatilaka”
A Girl Named Tommi 