QBD Reviews: Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq

Houellebecq has famously called English the language of Donald Duck, so perhaps it is no wonder that Shaun Whiteside’s English translation (due for release September 26) was held back six months later than all other translations. And look, I bought a first edition in French (and it came with a beautiful Houellebecq-themed French bookmark that […]

QBD Reviews: 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B Peterson

Clinical psychologist and academic, Doctor Jordan Peterson, has made a splash across bestseller lists with his book ’12 Rules for Life’. It has been called ‘Self-Help’, and it has been categorised in ‘Business’, but it leans much more toward a kind of personal-political manifesto; a response to a range of radical ideas that have been […]

One To Keep You Up All Night

Kazuo Ishiguro shows off his amazing storytelling technique in this novel, following Kathy from her childhood at Hailsham Boarding School to her adult life beyond it. Throughout the novel, you are filled with this sense of looking back, on reflecting upon Kathy’s childhood and how it has affected her relationships beyond Hailsham. Kathy spends the […]

The Sellout: Man Booker Prize Winner 2016!

U.S. novelist Paul Beatty has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel ‘The Sellout‘! The first american to win the prize, Beatty’s 4th novel is a biting satire about a young man’s isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court. Chair of the judges Amanda Foreman said the novel […]