MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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Best of 2018: Fiction
by ANDY HEDGECOCK
New releases from Mountain, Soul Asylum and Michael McDermott
ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
THIS has been a great year for stories that take liberties with genre and blur the boundaries between fantasy and reality.
Liminal by Bee Lewis (Salt) is an assured debut novel that explores the ways in which myth, dream and landscape affect our behaviour and perception. It’s also a gripping thriller concerning a damaged marriage, a pregnant amputee and the ambiguous motives of a menacing visitor.
In it, Esther and Dan are trying to build a new life in the Scottish Highlands in the wake of tragedy and betrayal when the mysterious Mike walks into their lives.
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