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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Toronto canine drama is a dog’s dinner
Paul Simon finds Andre Alexis’s new novel a tad too frustrating
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
Fifteen Dogs, by Andre Alexis (Serpent’s Tail, £7.99)
IF YOU can get past the gnomic title, the design cover reminiscent of the Ladybird series for children and the whole anthropomorphic premise of this book, then Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis is an intriguing if imperfect read.
Its opening line certainly grabs the attention: “One evening in Toronto, the gods Apollo and Hermes were at the Wheatsheaf Tavern.”
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