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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Reviews of The Lady Thrillers, How to Betray Your Country by James Wolff, Hellyer's Coup by Philip Prowse and The April Dead by Alan Parks
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.
THE launch of Crimeucopia, a series of themed paperback anthologies, is a promising development for British crime fiction, especially for those who treasure the purest form of the genre, the short story.
The first quarterly issue is a women-only volume subtitled The Lady Thrillers (Murderous Ink Press, £8.99), featuring 16 women writers from various countries and of varying styles.
At the start of How to Betray Your Country by James Wolff (Bitter Lemon, £8.99), August Drummond has been sacked by MI5 and his wife has died in an accident.
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