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The White Desert Luis López Carrasco BookBlast Review

The White Desert Luis López Carrasco Review

June 16, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The White Desert is an unusual debut novel by Luis López Carrasco, expertly translated by Rosalind Harvey. Odd, unsettling and dystopian, the novel starts with nine people fleeing bombs in a hot air balloon which […]

Exit 8 Genki Kawamura Review

June 1, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Exit 8 by Genki Kawamura, translated by Sameeha Anwar, is a disturbing, short Japanese psychological mystery based on a hugely successful game that has sold three million copies, created by Kotake Create. The global craze […]

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Pretty Ugly, Kirsty Gunn Review

February 23, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

If you have not had the luck to read any fiction by Kirsty Gunn, then Pretty Ugly — her recently published collection of fourteen stories — is a great introduction to her work. Her distinctive […]

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A Dictator Calls Ismail Kadare Book Club News

November 25, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare, translated by John Hodgson, was longlisted for the 2024 Man Booker International Prize. “History is usually reticent regarding what happens between poets and tyrants. The truth gives way to […]

The Red Children Maggie Gee Review

November 30, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Maggie Gee is renowned for her imaginative, thought-provoking novels which embrace a wide range of themes and genres, underpinned by social commentary, satire and shrewd humour. The Red Children is a wonderfully weird, surreal and […]

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The Dawn of Language Sverker Johansson Review

September 19, 2021 Ben F Comments Off

The Dawn of Language: The Story of How We Came to Talk by Sverker Johansson, translated by Frank Perry, reviewed by Sharif Gemie for BookBlast. The Great Simplifiers Each month produces a new crop of […]

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Bestseller Beka Adamashvili Review

November 4, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Georgia de Chamberet reviews Bestseller out with Dedalus Books to accompany the interview with Beka Adamashvili & translator Tamara Japaridze for BookBlast Podcast series, Bridging the Divide. An entertaining mocking of literary aspirations, Beka Adamashvili’s […]

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Unspoken Legacy Claudia Black Review

April 28, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast reviews Unspoken Legacy by Claudia Black, a pioneer in treating trauma, families, addiction and adult children of alcoholics & dysfunctional families. Human beings are violent creatures so exposure to traumatic events which leave an […]