New Stuff On Spike
July's additions:
The Devil's Cup - Stewart Lee Allan
"...a whistlestop tour of the world over the last 1000 years, as Allan attempts to find someone who can serve him an authentic cup of traditional coffee..."
Double Fold - Nicholson Baker
"...for bibliophiles, this is something of a horror story. Double Fold is a journalistic tour de force of the wholesale destruction wreaked upon countless unique books and periodicals within American libraries..."
Low Life - Mike Duff
"...one low down and sleazy day in the life of Ronald "Rooftop" Rafferty, North Mancunian..."
Field Of Vision: A Broadcast Life Of Kenneth Allsop - Mark Andresen
"...having never heard of Kenneth Allsop before this biography, I am now sufficiently interested in his work to want to track down two of his novels..."
Balthasar's Odyssey - Amin Maalouf
"...a journey across Europe in pursuit of a rare book: this is the book of the Hundredth Name, purported to reveal the secret name of God..."
And a cracking feature too:
Bloodsuckers - Mark Richardson on Poppy Z. Brite's Exquisite Corpse and Will Self's Dorian and the gender wars in modern Gothic fiction
