Read and Recommended

 

A Brief History of Seven Killings – Marlon James

Bought as a gift to my wife – who was a big fan of James’ The Book of Night Women – then snaffled from her when I had to go away on a trip, this ends up being one of my favourite books of recent years.  The first handful of pages stake out the territory in no uncertain terms – brutal, lyrical, fantastical and utterly fresh.  Oddly enough, my first point of comparison was the Australian thriller Two Hands, because it has the same juxtaposition...