by Dave Bradley | Jul 21, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Stefan Spjut (Faber) 2015, 587pp, RRP $29.99 It’s fitting that Spjut’s novel concerns giants, as his book, at almost 600 pages, is a giant itself, and while there have been elaborate comparisons drawn between this and the similarly Swedish Let The Right One In (Låt...
by Dave Bradley | Jun 23, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Marcus K. Harmes and Martyn Conterio (Footprint Books) 2015, 100pp/99pp Two of the most recent entries in the ‘Devil’s Advocates’ horror-movie-loving book series offer two very distinct styles: Aussie academic Harmes’ analysis of Curse is serious and scholarly, while...