JOHN McINALLY welcomes a rigorous class analysis of the history and exploitation of sectarianism by the Scottish ruling elite
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Crime fiction round-up: January 7, 2020
MAT COWARD reviews the latest from Christine Poulson, Mark McCrum, Mark Douglas-Home and Riku Onda
WILL STONE, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Souleymane’s Story, Sunlight, Good Fortune, and After The Hunt
ALEX HALL recommends an exhaustive investigation of the means by which the Starmer faction assassinated the left
DAVID MORGAN recommends a refreshingly inspiring novel that features encounters with some tremendous women
BOB NEWLAND recommends a political thriller from former anti-apartheid activist Peter Hain
JAMES WALSH speaks to Chris Thorpe-Tracey - among many things, a one-time Morning Star columnist — about songs, cities, politics and prophecy
A LABORATORY on a tidal island off the Devon coast is doing vital research into the mechanism by which viruses can jump from one species to another in An Air That Kills by Christine Poulson (Lion Hudson, £8.99). With the next major flu pandemic widely considered inevitable, this work could potentially save millions of human lives.
But there’s a problem. For some reason, staff turnover is worryingly rapid and medical researcher and reluctant whistleblower Katie Flanagan is persuaded to go undercover at the lab. She hasn’t been there long before a tragedy occurs. Coincidence, or something more sinister?
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