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Author Archives: mkevane
“God’s Caravan” by Tiphanie Yanique in The New Yorker
“God’s Caravan” by Tiphanie Yanique November 4, 2019 The New Yorker. I really enjoyed the story (I listened to Yanique reading it on the podcast). It starts slow, and slowly builds, adding layers of complexity as you move along. With … Continue reading
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Blistering critique of MPP and President Roch Kaboré by opposition in #Burkina
Non content de réchauffer les projets de Blaise COMPAORE pour se les réattribuer, le Président KABORE se lance maintenant dans les inaugurations de morceaux de routes. Là où un Haut-commissaire ou un Gouverneur étaient suffisamment compétents pour inaugurer ces mini-infrastructures, … Continue reading
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Recent short stories in The New Yorker
“The Bunty Club” by Tessa Hadley from the October 28, 2019 issue of The New Yorker. Hadley has several stories with fugue states embedded in them, where the narrator and reader are no longer sure that the continuation of the … Continue reading
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A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World, by C.A. Fletcher
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World, by C.A. Fletcher. Enthralling dystopia set in a future England with very few humans left. More for the young adult audience. The ending a little too pat for my … Continue reading
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Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler
Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler. Definitely second-rate Chandler. The Big Sleep was much better. Amusing for the historical snippets, not amusing for the casual bigotry, and the writing is sloppier than The Big Sleep. Plot also more convoluted: let’s … Continue reading
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things, by Iain Reid
I’m Thinking of Ending Things, by Iain Reid. Billed as a “literary thriller” I thought this might be a good read after some more mundane books. But I was wrong. The novel was interesting for awhile, but then it started … Continue reading
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