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Chuck Palahniuk - Snuff

in Chuck Palahniuk, Dan Coxon, Porn, Sex



The Literary and Political Catholicism of Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh

in Ben Granger, Evelyn Waugh, Features, Graham Greene, Literature, Politics, Religion + Beliefs



Unholy Terrors - The horror writings of Arthur Machen

in Arthur Machen, Book Reviews, Features, Fiction, Horror, Tom Wootton



Michael Palin - Himalaya interview

in Asia, Greg Lowe, Interviews, Michael Palin, Travel



Ian Rankin - A Question of Blood interview

in Authors, Crime / Noir, Edinburgh, Greg Lowe, Ian Rankin, Interviews, Novels, Scotland



Tony Parsons - Stories We Could Tell interview

in Greg Lowe, Interviews, London, Novels, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll, Tony Parsons



Chris Patten - Not Quite the Diplomat interview

in Autobiography & Memoir, Chris Patten, Globalisation, Greg Lowe, Interviews



Martin Amis - House Of Meetings

in Book Reviews, Dan Coxon, Martin Amis



Douglas Coupland: The Gum Thief

in Book Reviews, Dan Coxon, Douglas Coupland



Pedro Carolino: English As She Is Spoke

in Ben Granger, Book Reviews, William Burroughs



Trainspotting The Play: Harry Gibson: 10 Years On

in Chris Mitchell, Drugs, Interviews, Irvine Welsh, Novels, Rock 'n' Roll, Theatre, William Burroughs



Ralph Steadman: Gonzo: The Art

in Art, Craig Johnson, Design, Drugs, Hunter S. Thompson, Interviews, Rock 'n' Roll, William Burroughs



Julie Burchill: Sugar Rush: Hurricane Julie

in Ben Granger, Gay, Interviews, Julie Burchill, Martin Amis, Morrissey, Novels, Punk



Hunter S. Thompson : An Appreciation : A Real American Patriot

in Chris Mitchell, Drugs, Features, Hunter S. Thompson



Paul Auster: Oracle Night

in Book Reviews, Maurice Blanchot, Novels, Paul Auster, Stephen Mitchelmore



W.G. Sebald : Austerlitz : Looking And Looking Away

in Features, Novels, Stephen Mitchelmore, W.G. Sebald



Ben Myers – The Book Of Fuck

in Book Reviews, Chris Mitchell, Hunter S. Thompson, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll



Poppy Z. Brite : Will Self : Exquisite Corpse : Dorian : Bloodsuckers

in Features, Gay, Novels, Will Self



Maurice Blanchot – Nowhere Without No

in Book Reviews, Maurice Blanchot, Stephen Mitchelmore



J G Ballard : Millennium People : Entertaining Violence

in Chris Hall, Interviews, J.G. Ballard, Novels



Paul Auster : Cruel Universe

in Death, Features, Novels, Paul Auster



Cees Nooteboom – All Souls’ Day

in Book Reviews, Maurice Blanchot, Novels, Stephen Mitchelmore



Tim Parks – A Season With Verona

in Book Reviews, Thomas Bernhard



Iain Sinclair : London Orbital : Width Of A Circle

in Design, Interviews, Will Self



Maurice Blanchot : The Infinite Conversation : The Absent Voice

in Features, Maurice Blanchot, Novels, Samuel Beckett, Stephen Mitchelmore



Timothy Clark – Routledge Critical Thinkers: Martin Heidegger

in Book Reviews, Maurice Blanchot, Paul Celan, Samuel Beckett, Stephen Mitchelmore



Thomas Bernhard: The Making Of An Austrian and The Novels of Thomas Bernhard

in Biography, Features, Novels, Stephen Mitchelmore, Thomas Bernhard



Will Self : Feeding Frenzy : Biting The Hand That Feeds

in Chris Hall, Drugs, Gay, Interviews, Martin Amis, Novels, Rock 'n' Roll, Will Self, William Burroughs



W.G. Sebald: Austerlitz

in Book Reviews, Martin Amis, Novels, Paul Auster, Stephen Mitchelmore, Thomas Bernhard, W.G. Sebald



Jennifer Niven: The Ice Master

in Book Reviews, Jennifer Niven



John Clay: Maconochie’s Experiment

in Book Reviews, John Clay



Joy Hancox: Kingdom For A Stage

in Book Reviews, Joy Hancox, Theatre



Andrew Goodman: Gilbert and Sullivan’s London

in Andrew Goodman, Biography, Book Reviews, Music Books, Theatre



J.G. Ballard : Rushing To Paradise : Not A Literary Man

in Interviews, J.G. Ballard, Novels, William Burroughs



J.G. Ballard: Rushing To Paradise

in Book Reviews, J.G. Ballard, Novels



Clark Blaise: Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming And The Creation Of Standard Time

in Book Reviews, Clark Blaise, Science



David Markson: This Is Not A Novel

in Book Reviews, David Markson, Novels, Stephen Mitchelmore



Miranda Seymour: Mary Shelley

in Biography, Book Reviews, Miranda Seymour



Richard Holland: Nero: The Man Behind The Myth

in Biography, Book Reviews, Novels, Richard Holland



Michael Gira: The Consumer And Other Stories

in Book Reviews, Michael Gira, Punk



Gilles Deleuze: Proust And Signs

in Book Reviews, Gilles Deleuze, Maurice Blanchot, Novels, Stephen Mitchelmore



Tania Glyde: Junk DNA

in Book Reviews, Novels, Tania Glyde



Peter Ackroyd - London: The Biography

in Biography, Book Reviews, Chris Hall, London, Novels, Peter Ackroyd



Jeff Noon: Cobralingus

in Book Reviews, Jeff Noon, Literature



Hunter S. Thompson : Fear and Loathing In America and Screwjack : Postcards From The Edge

in Drugs, Features, Hunter S. Thompson, Nathan Cain, Novels



James Ellroy: American Tabloid

in Book Reviews, Crime / Noir, James Ellroy



Paisley Rekdal: The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee

in Autobiography & Memoir, Book Reviews, Film & TV, Paisley Rekdal



Jean-Yves Tadie: Marcel Proust

in Biography, Book Reviews, Jean-Yves Tadie, Novels, Philosophy, Stephen Mitchelmore



Michael Chabon: The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay

in Book Reviews, Michael Chabon, Novels



J.G. Ballard : Super Cannes : Flight And Imagination

in Chris Hall, Interviews, J.G. Ballard, Novels, Rock 'n' Roll, Sex



Gabriel Josipovici - On Trust: Art and the Temptations of Suspicion

in Book Reviews, Gabriel Josipovici, Philosophy, Stephen Mitchelmore



Andrew Vachss: Dead And Gone

in Andrew Vachss, Book Reviews, Novels, Sex



Anne Rice: Merrick

in Anne Rice, Book Reviews, Horror, Novels



Irvine Welsh and the UK Drug Debate

in Chris Mitchell, Drugs, Features, Irvine Welsh, Novels



Will Self : How The Dead Live : Dead Man Talking

in Chris Hall, Death, Interviews, Novels, Will Self



Simon Mawer: Mendel’s Dwarf

in Book Reviews, Novels, Science, Simon Mawer



Cedric Mims: When We Die

in Book Reviews, Cedric Mims, Death, Science



Amy Prior: Retro Retro

in Amy Prior, Book Reviews, Chris Wiegand, Short Stories / Anthologies



Barry Miles: The Beat Hotel

in Barry Miles, Beat Generation, Biography, Book Reviews, Nathan Cain, Paris



Huston Smith: Cleansing The Doors Of Perception

in Book Reviews, Drugs, Huston Smith, Nathan Cain, Religion + Beliefs



Paul Celan : After The Disaster

in Biography, Death, Features, Maurice Blanchot, Paul Celan, Samuel Beckett, Stephen Mitchelmore



Jeff Noon : Pixel Juice : Dub Til It Bleeds

in Interviews, J.G. Ballard, Jeff Noon, Novels, Punk, Rap, Rock 'n' Roll, Techno



David Blatner: The Joy Of Pi

in Book Reviews, David Blatner, Maths + Numbers, Non-fiction, Novels, Science



Richard Witts - Artist Unknown: An Alternative History Of The Arts Council

in Art, Book Reviews, Gay, Richard Witts, Theatre



Tim Parks: Destiny

in Book Reviews, Novels, Stephen Mitchelmore, Tim Parks



Jeff Noon : Needle In The Groove : Liquid Culture

in Drugs, Interviews, J.G. Ballard, Jeff Noon, Novels, Punk, Techno



Joanne Harris: Chocolat

in Book Reviews, Joanne Harris, Novels



Paul Stump - Unknown Pleasures: A Cultural Biography of Roxy Music

in Biography, Book Reviews, Music Books, Paul Stump, Rock 'n' Roll



Saul Bellow: Ravelstein

in Book Reviews, Gay, Literature, Novels, Saul Bellow, Stephen Mitchelmore



Mark Danielewski: House Of Leaves

in Book Reviews, Gary Marshall, Mark Danielewski, Novels



William S. Burroughs: Last Words

in Autobiography & Memoir, Beat Generation, Book Reviews, Death, Drugs, Literature, Nathan Cain, William Burroughs



John King: Headhunters

in Book Reviews, Fiction, Jayne Margetts, John King, Novels



James Gleick: Faster

in Book Reviews, Chris Mitchell, James Gleick, Techno, Technology



Kodwo Eshun: More Brilliant Than The Sun

in Book Reviews, Chris Mitchell, James Gleick, Music Books, Rap, Techno, Technology



Toni Davidson: Scar Culture

in Book Reviews, Gay, Jayne Margetts, Sex, Toni Davidson



Alan Warner : The Sopranos : Existential Ecstasy

in Interviews, Irvine Welsh, J.G. Ballard, Novels, Zoe Strachan



Laurence O’Toole: Pornocopia

in Book Reviews, Laurence O'Toole, Porn, Sex, Technology



Jorge Luis Borges: The Total Library

in Book Reviews, Jorge Luis Borges, Stephen Mitchelmore



William Gibson: All Tomorrow’s Parties

in Book Reviews, Chris Mitchell, Novels, Technology, William Gibson



Thom Jones - Sonny Liston Was A Friend Of Mine

in Book Reviews, Novels, Thom Jones



Lionel Rolfe - Fat Man On The Left

in Book Reviews, Lionel Rolfe



Tom Baker: Who On Earth Is Tom Baker?

in Autobiography & Memoir, Book Reviews, Tom Baker



Douglas Coupland - Miss Wyoming

in Book Reviews, Douglas Coupland, Gary Marshall, Novels



Leo Marks - Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker’s War 1941-45

in Book Reviews, Leo Marks



Joyce Maynard - At Home In The World

in Bethan Roberts, Book Reviews, Joyce Maynard, Novels



Michael Marshall Smith - Spares

in Book Reviews, Michael Marshall Smith, Novels



Kevin Kelly - New Rules For The New Economy

in Book Reviews, Chris Mitchell, Kevin Kelly, Technology



Hubert Selby : The Willow Tree : A Lightning Strike On The Retina

in Interviews, Novels, Rock 'n' Roll, Samuel Beckett



N. Katherine Hayles: How We Became Posthuman: Virtual bodies in cybernetics, literature and informatics

in Book Reviews, Science, Technology, William Burroughs



William Gibson : All Tomorrow’s Parties : Waiting For The Man

in Interviews, Jeff Noon, Novels, Punk, Technology, William Burroughs



J.G. Ballard : Crash : Prophet With Honour

in Features, Film & TV, J.G. Ballard, Novels, Technology



J.G. Ballard: Cocaine Nights

in Book Reviews, Drugs, J.G. Ballard, Novels



Irvine Welsh: Alan Warner: Queerspotting: Homosexuality in contemporary Scottish fiction: Queerspotting

in Drugs, Features, Gay, Irvine Welsh, Novels, Rock 'n' Roll, Zoe Strachan



P.J. O’Rourke : Eat The Rich : Biting Satire

in Hunter S. Thompson, Interviews, Rock 'n' Roll, Travel



Irvine Welsh: Filth

in Book Reviews, Gary Marshall, Irvine Welsh, Novels, Sex



Thomas Bernhard: Failing To Go Under: An essay on the 10th anniverary of his death

in Biography, Features, Novels, Stephen Mitchelmore, Thomas Bernhard



Irvine Welsh : You’ll Have Had Your Hole : You’ll Have Had Your Theatre

in Drugs, Features, Irvine Welsh, Novels, Theatre



Douglas Coupland : Polaroids From The Dead : Ueber Furcht bis hin zu Ewigkeit

in Chris Mitchell, Douglas Coupland, Interviews, Punk



Douglas Coupland: Lara’s Book Lara Croft And The Tomb Raider Phenomenon

in Book Reviews, Chris Mitchell, Douglas Coupland, Film & TV, Technology



Todd Fahey: Wisdom’s Maw interview

in Hunter S. Thompson, Interviews, Novels