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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Northern tastes of gore and iron in the blood
Andy Croft reviews WN Herbert’s Murder Bear and Sampo: Heading Further North by Bob Beagrie and Andy Willoughby
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
WN Herbert’s new collection Murder Bear (Donut Press, £12) is about the comically sinister and previously unknown “fourth” bear.
He is the uncle to Baby Bear but he is too scary to be included in the story of Goldilocks.
The book is the usual fantastical post-modern cut-up that fans of Bill Herbert’s poetry have come to expect.
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