Just a few of the books that got lodged in my brain coils in 2021
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On reading: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
A quietly uneasy, beautiful read, shot through with sun and shades of dark.
Read More5 dystopian fictions to brighten up your day
Trump in charge of America.
Brexit.
Boris Johnson looking after the UK’s foreign affairs.
A ‘loose woman’ won Celebrity Big Brother.
You’d be forgiven for thinking we don’t need any dystopian fictions to liven up our day to day wanderings – after watching the news perhaps we’re all bleaked out. But perhaps that’s exactly why we do need them.
Read MoreCreative Input: Dystopian Times
I just love a little bit of dystopia. I think I might have an addiction. But it’s a damn good addiction – one, incidentally, that can be enjoyed while eating enough chocolate to make you sick over a bank holiday weekend. Just saying. And here’s how I’m currently drowning myself in dystopia – in the…
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