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Category Archives: Fiction
A Wild and True Relation by Kim Sherwood: George Eliot meets Dickens in a literary treasure hunt
A novel that begins as a swashbuckling tale about smugglers swerves into a smart study of women sidelined by literary history. Read my full Telegraph review here
BookTok superstar Colleen Hoover has sold 20 million novels – but does she glamourise trauma?
Her latest novel It Starts With Us is a troubling blend – and pure fan service. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged atlas corrigan, book, booktok, coho, colleen hoover, domestic abuse, domestic violence, it ends with us, it starts with us, lily bloom, novel, review, ryle kincaid, telegraph, tiktok, trauma
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A Street Shaken by Light review
A swashbuckling historical epic – by John Buchan’s grandson. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged a street shaken by light, book, historical, james buchan, novel, review, telegraph
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Carrie Soto is Back review
Booktok sensation Taylor Jenkins Reid’s latest is a juicy beach read. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged beach read, booktok, carrie soto is back, celebrity, novel, review, taylor jenkins reid, telegraph, tennis, tiktok
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TikTok’s old-school books boom: why Gen Z fell in love with ‘dark academia’
Dusty libraries, long-haired youths writing poetry, candlelight rituals… TikTok’s love for old books is driving a publishing bonanza. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged booktok, gen z, gothic, influencer, novel, olivie blake, publishing, social media, telegraph, the atlas six, tiktok, waterstones
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The strange, grisly saga of Eva Perón’s corpse
Argentina’s adored first lady led an incredible life. But the bizarre events that unfolded after her death were the stuff of horror fiction. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, TV
Tagged argentina, Colonel Carlos Eugenio de Moori Koenig, corpse, death, disney plus, embalmed, eva peron, eva persons body, evita, first lady, juan peron, Maria Maggi, necrophilia, novel, Pedro Ara, president, Salma Hayek, santa evita, telegraph, Tomas Eloy Martinez, tv
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The Night Ship review
The fascinating true story of the Batavia’s shipwreck should make for a riveting novel. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged batavia, book, historical fiction, jess kidd, novel, review, shipwreck, telegraph, the night ship
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Will this novel do for Joan of Arc what Wolf Hall did for Thomas Cromwell?
Katherine J Chen’s fresh and enthralling novel Joan reimagines the servant girl who took on the English as a hardscrabble survivor. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged book, fiction, hilary mantel, historical, joan, joan of arc, katherine j chen, novel, review, telegraph, wolf hall
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Dark Earth review
Magic in the ghostly rubble of 6th-century London. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged ancient rome, anglo saxon, book, dark ages, dark earth, fiction, historical, history, londinium, novel, rebecca stott, review, roman, telegraph
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