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Jayne Margetts Okay, so I listen to Thom Yorke, and enjoy reading books about people living with a gun pointed to their head. Call it entertainment, or living vicariously through others; apathy, black humour, a touch of the politically incorrect and

Jayne Margetts strolls down the angry and angst-filled school corridors of Zoe Trope Please Don’t Kill The Freshman – Zoe Trope See all books by Zoe Trope at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com Post Columbine, High School is

Jayne Margetts Oryx And Crake – Margaret Atwood See all books by Margaret Atwood at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com Have you ever hit that juncture at the gritty-4am-to-sunrise shift when the TV is fuzzing in the background to the

Jayne Margetts on Anthony Bourdain’s quest to eat the most gastronomically dangerous dishes on the planet I love my authors a tad on the fresh, petulant and carnal side. A splatter of blood-and-guts-style reportage only heightens the pleasure,

Jayne Margetts Creepy Susie: and 13 Other Tragic Tales For Troubled Children – Angus Oblong See all books by Angus Oblong at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com The first time I laid eyes upon the troubled cast of Royston Vasey’s

Jayne Margetts on the writing of Chuck Palahniuk When Bret Easton Ellis unleashed his novel, American Psycho, with its beautiful 18+ logo scripted on a lurid, Picasso-esque cover, my mind went into overdrive. Ellis’

Jayne Margetts Headhunters – John King See all books by John King at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com By nature, the female of the species should NOT enjoy the works of British writer, John King. Why? Because he is everything

Jayne Margetts Scar Culture – Toni Davidson See all books by Toni Davidson at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com Canongate’s Rebel Inc imprint has become the torchbearer for the Dysfunctional Generation. If grim reality,

Jayne Margetts There is always beauty in violence, particularly when the written word is the vernacular. There are many kinds of perpetrators who wield the pen with the expertise of a dominatrix whipping her victim into

Jayne Margetts It’s no secret that the thought of wading through another chapter and verse of literary cultural dissection usually holds about as much appeal as taking a skinny dip in a bath full of female pythons

Jayne Margetts encounters The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett going solo with The Dirtchamber Sessions There is no easy way to put this, but Liam Paris Howlett is the pin-up poster boy of electronic punk. Choice doesn’t