I reviewed Tim Binding's epic British road-trip novel Beneath the Trees of Eden in the Xmas double-issue of Literary Review

'An exploration of identity and inheritance'. Second print review of Jacob's Advice in the October issue of the Literary Review

Novelist Isabel Costello invited me onto her Literary Sofa to talk about the childhood memories that inspired Jacob's Advice. Read the piece and her review of the novel here

I reviewed Justin David's louche and poignant cult novella The Pharmacist; originally published by Salt in 2014, now reissued by new indie Inkandescent in 2020. Here's my piece for the TLS

'A thoughtful paean to Paris'. The first print review of Jacob's Advice in the August 30th edition of the Mail on Sunday

There's an extract from Jacob's Advice in the always excellent Minor Literatures (image depicts graffiti in the rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi memorialising the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists Cabu & Honoré). Read it here

 

The Jacob's Advice blog tour starts on 24th August. Here are the reviewers who will be covering the book.