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Issue 3811 16th May 2013
How Should a Person Be? is like a novelisation of Lena Dunham’s television show Girls.
By Kiran Dass in Books
Issue 3811 16th May 2013
How Should a Person Be? is like a novelisation of Lena Dunham’s television show Girls.
By Kiran Dass in Books
Issue 3798 14th Feb 2013
AM Homes is a writer who tempers bone-dry discomfort and uneasiness with a sharply satirical humour and piercing social commentary.
By Kiran Dass in Books
Issue 3785 24th Nov 2012
Edna O’Brien’s new memoir is all from memory. “Only the very young or the mad keep diaries,” she says.
By Kiran Dass in Books
Issue 3775 15th Sep 2012
Michael Chabon joins the hall of shame of novelists writing about music.
By Kiran Dass in Books
Issue 3772 25th Aug 2012
John Banville’s Ancient Light brims with gorgeous turns of phrase and insights that glow with a sharp lacquered edge.
By Kiran Dass in Books
Issue 3753 14th Apr 2012
The personal background of Chic’s Nile Rodgers is as startling as his contribution to music.
By Kiran Dass in Books
Issue 3753 14th Apr 2012
The confessional anecdotes in Jarvis Cocker’s commentary are the real star of this selection of his lyrics.
By Kiran Dass in Music
Issue 3742 28th Jan 2012
A release from two sisters comes with a hand-sewn 12-page zine.
By Kiran Dass in Music
Issue 3742 28th Jan 2012
One-man band Kraus is a national treasure.
By Kiran Dass in Books
Issue 3708 4th Jun 2011
Anne Enright writes with wry wit about adultery and economics.