Will Maclean: The Apparition Phase
Ghosts, creaky old mansions, seances, and the 1970s, are the surface level features of The Apparition Phase (2020), the debut novel from Will Maclean, a ghost story that straddles the…
Jim Crace: The Gift of Stones
Despite existing in some literary middle ground between short story collection and novel, Jim Crace’s debut, Continent (1986), won the Whitbread First Novel Award. His encore, The Gift of Stones…
Jim Crace: Continent
Ever since Cormac McCarthy’s The Road came out, Jim Crace’s tenth novel, The Pesthouse, itself dealing with a future America, has had less attention. But, Picador have recently released his…