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The Hippie Trail A History Sharif Gemie, Brian Ireland Review

March 30, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The Hippie Trail: A History by Sharif Gemie and Brian Ireland is a rollicking and riveting read, chock-full of vivid anecdotes and insights. It is perfect for armchair travellers dreaming of happier times. How gentrified […]

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Stranger to the Moon Evelio Rosero Review

December 19, 2021 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Stranger to the Moon by Evelio Rosero, translated by Anne McLean, reviewed by Victor Meadowcroft for BookBlast. Stranger to the Moon chilling dystopian parable which is like the detailed, imaginative nightmare of a fantastic surrealist […]

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Turf Wars (2) Olivier Norek Review

November 8, 2021 Ben F Comments Off

Turf Wars by Olivier Norek, translated by Nick Caistor, reviewed by Sharif Gemie for BookBlast. Norek has an unusual C.V. Born in Toulouse in 1975, he worked for a humanitarian charity in in the 1990s, […]

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Beirut 2020 The Collapse of a Civilization Charif Majdalani Review

August 9, 2021 Ben F Comments Off

Beirut 2020 – The Collapse of a Civilization, translated by Ruth Diver, reviewed by Sharif Gemie for BookBlast. Remember the Great Fear of March 2020? Remember the empty supermarket shelves, stripped bare of pasta, loo-rolls […]

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French Muslims in Perspective Joseph Downing Review

July 19, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of French Muslims in Perspective: Nationalism, Post-Colonialism and Marginalisation under the Republic by Joseph Downing. The French Muslim community numbers nearly 6 million, and is growing, so this timely publication is is rich […]

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Wicked Enchantment Selected Poems Wanda Coleman Review

June 6, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The selected poems of Wanda Coleman, edited by the American poet Terrance Hayes, and published in the UK under the title Wicked Enchantment, has brought her back into the spotlight. Considered to be the unofficial […]

Pomeranski Gerald Jacobs Review

April 27, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of Pomeranski by Gerald Jacobs, a novel loosely based on his memories of Brixton in the 1950s and 1960s which was very different to the gentrified place it has become today. Now black-and […]

This Tilting World, Colette Fellous Review

September 8, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of This Tilting World by Colette Fellous translated from French by Sophie Lewis “Tomorrow, yes, I will leave this house. I’ll abandon the village and the life here, all the faces that I […]