May 29, 2020

This may be my new favourite book. No, it IS my new favourite book. I had previously read McDonald’s Luna: New Moon and enjoyed it, but there was something simplistic, almost juvenile about that book, especially when compared to the mature, meticulously researched masterpiece that is The Dervish House. The novel is set in a…

March 10, 2020

For my first review in the category of odd literary fiction, I chose Kazuo Ishiguro’s 1986 novel set in post World War 2 Japan. With efforts like The Remains of the Day (a Man Booker prize winner) under his belt, Ishiguro’s body of work sits firmly within the realm of the high brow – and…

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