A nightmare in book form. I could only read for an hour at a time.
How a contemporary western state can collapse from the perspective of an Irish middle class family.
Deserves every prize, compulsory reading.
Categorise with Atwood.
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Deixis9 wants to read Monkey grip by Helen Garner
Deixis9 wants to read What's the Matter With Kansas? by Thomas Frank
What's the Matter With Kansas? by Thomas Frank, Thomas Frank
One of "our most insightful social observers"* cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker …
Deixis9 wants to read Who Rules America? by G. William Domhoff
Who Rules America? by G. William Domhoff
At this crucial moment in American history, when voting rights could be expanded to include all citizens, or legislatively limited, …
Deixis9 wants to read The Street Kids by Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Street Kids by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Ragazzi di vita (Italian pronunciation: [raˈɡattsi di ˈviːta]; English: literally boys of life, idiomatically hustlers) is a novel by Italian …
Deixis9 wants to read Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
A True Crime classic from the creator of THE WIRE.
Deixis9 wants to read Carol by Patricia Highsmith
Carol by Patricia Highsmith
Therese is just an ordinary sales assistant working in a New York department store when a beautiful, alluring woman in …
Deixis9 wants to read The Bookshop by Evan Friss
The Bookshop by Evan Friss
Bookstores have always been unlike any other kind of store, shaping readers and writers, and influencing our tastes, thoughts, and …
Deixis9 wants to read End Times by Peter Turchin
End Times by Peter Turchin
Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But everyone needs to pay …
Deixis9 reviewed Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front …
Harrowing
Deixis9 finished reading Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB …
Deixis9 wants to read The Freaks Came Out to Write by Tricia Romano
The Freaks Came Out to Write by Tricia Romano
A rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legendary writers, editors, and photographers.
…Deixis9 wants to read The bridge by Geert Mak
The bridge by Geert Mak
"Istanbul's Galata Bridge has spanned the Golden Horn since the sixth century AD, connecting the old city with the more …