On holiday, and around the edges, some of the books I've (splashed with Sangria and gritted with black sand) loved lately -
Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson - completely stunning, beautiful and brutal, this utterly blew me away
Train by Pete Dexter - further intriguing and complex Americana, not quite as good as his glorious and devastating Paris Trout, but almost
Like Bees to Honey by the lovely Caroline Smailes - everything I was hoping for, and more. Loss, redemption and Jesus at the bar. Take it away with you, or curl up at home. You'll love it however
Bury Me Deep - more sheer Megan Abbot goodness, this time noir in elegant thirties shades
Not So Perfect - Mr Perring provides some surreal and superb snapshots of the way we are or might be in these perfectly proportioned short short stories
A Fair Maiden - another twisted fable from the indomitable Ms Oates, Joyce Carol I will love you forever
Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson - completely stunning, beautiful and brutal, this utterly blew me away
Train by Pete Dexter - further intriguing and complex Americana, not quite as good as his glorious and devastating Paris Trout, but almost
Like Bees to Honey by the lovely Caroline Smailes - everything I was hoping for, and more. Loss, redemption and Jesus at the bar. Take it away with you, or curl up at home. You'll love it however
Bury Me Deep - more sheer Megan Abbot goodness, this time noir in elegant thirties shades
Not So Perfect - Mr Perring provides some surreal and superb snapshots of the way we are or might be in these perfectly proportioned short short stories
A Fair Maiden - another twisted fable from the indomitable Ms Oates, Joyce Carol I will love you forever
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