Read and Recommended

Christ, has it really been 4 years since I last did one of these??! Not surprisingly, rather a lot to choose from, then. Away we go!

You Were Never Really There – Jonathan Ames

No surprise to say I was drawn to this barely-novella-length piece after seeing the stellar movie with Joaquin Phoenix. In narrative terms, it’s a little bit different from the film, but the same bleak tone is there, along with a wonderful blend of the terse and the lyrical in the writing. I confess I struggled...