Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami (translated by Philip Gabriel) Straight off, I will say that I loved this character-driven story. Tazaki is just your average guy but he carries a lot of emotional baggage. He likes railway stations, he likes music, he plays sport and (we'll come to this …
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The Bad Sex Award 2014
No-one's in it to win it! Last week, Booker Prizewinner Ben Okri became the latest author to receive the literary world's least sought after award. The winning entry is from his novel The Age of Magic: 'When his hand brushed her nipple it tripped a switch and she came alight. He touched her belly and …
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