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Mat Coward's Crime fiction round-up: June 17, 2019
Reviews of The River by Peter Heller, Joe Country by Mick Herron, The Whisper Man by Alex North and The Killer You Know by SR Masters
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
TWO US college friends undertake a trip by canoe through the beautiful, dangerous wilderness of northern Canada in The River by Peter Heller (Weidenfeld, £14.99).
Their joint love of classic expedition literature leads them to a back-to-basics approach. They carry no means of communicating with civilisation — if trouble comes, they will rely on their skills, their courage and their unbreakable bond to get them out of it.
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