JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media
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Crime Fiction with Mat Coward: January 18, 2022
New titles from Seraphina Nova Glass, Hansjorg Schneider, Chris Nickson and Liza Cody
RON JACOBS welcomes the translation into English of an angry cry from the place they call the periphery
GUILLERMO THOMAS recommends a useful book aimed at informing activists with local examples of solidarity in action around the world
HENRY BELL is provoked by a book that looks toward, but does not fully explore the question of who gets to imagine the shapes of cities to come
MATTHEW HAWKINS surveys the upcoming programme of contemporary dance in Glasgow, and picks some highlights
‘Chance encounters are what keep us going,’ says novelist Haruki Murakami. In Amy, a chance encounter gives fresh perspective to memories of angst, hedonism and a charismatic teenage rebel.
MEL lives in a well-to-do Louisiana town, in Such A Good Wife by Seraphina Nova Glass (Titan, £8.99), with her kids, a fine husband and a nice house. She’s not exactly happy, but aware that she has nothing much to be unhappy about, so she shocks herself when she begins an affair with a local author after a writers’ group meeting.
She’s even more shocked to discover hidden within her a woman who is skilled at planning, executing and concealing deceit. When she’s caught up on the edges of a suspicious death, she begins to question whether there is anything she would be incapable of doing to get herself and her family out of danger.
You really won’t be able to put this down; it’s a tense thriller of personality rather than events.
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