Alex Preston Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Alex Preston is an author and journalist Novelist. Reviews for @ObsNewReview. Writes for @TheEconomist @BazaarUK and @TelegraphMag. Oxford, Wealden & Corfu Lit Fests.

Jamie Macgillivray: The Renegade's Journey
John Sayles
I reviewed @john_sayles magnificent 'Jamie MacGillivray' for @nytimes: https://t.co/MQLJfqwK6b
Hardcover, 2023
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All Fours
Miranda July
A future classic about motherhood and mid-life sex for fans of Lorrie Moore and Sheila Heti. July â a celebrated film-maker â has written a novel that thrills at the level of the sentence and in its riot of ideas.
Hardcover, 2024
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Glory
Noviolet Bulawayo
I so look forward to the annual email from @norcrosscricket in which he asks me to recommend novels as gifts for a well-read pal. This year I went for: Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer, To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara and Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo.
Paperback, 2023
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Istanbul: Memories and the City
Orhan Pamuk
The first draft of Orhan Pamukâs The Museum of Innocence. In the museum of the same name in Istanbul. Brings the novel to life in such a rich and fascinating way. https://t.co/wACZsIxwhW
Paperback, 2006
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Dogs of the Deadlands: Shortlisted for the Week Junior Book Awards
Anthony McGowan
âEvery so often a story comes along that makes you its prey, takes you in its jaws, shakes you â and you have no option but to go limp and submit⊠a classic.â Hereâs the first review of @anthony_mcgowanâs superb Dogs of the Deadlands. Yes! https://t.co/bfDZIrsnbP
Hardcover, 2022
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Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
Birnam Wood is a dark and brilliant novel about the violence and tawdriness of late capitalism. Its ending, though, propels it from a merely very good book into a truly great one.
Paperback, 2024
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Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead
âŠa delight, bringing depth and complexity to familiar characters, not least New York itself. Few writers combine depth of insight and compassion with exquisite prose; Whitehead is one of them. Iâd rather read his novels than those of just about any other writer alive.
Paperback, 2024
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Dark Earth
Rebecca Stott
I adored @RebeccaStott64's Dark Earth. Full of wonderful writing and just such a brilliant concept. Like a dark and beautiful dream. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/12/dark-earth-by-rebecca-stott-review-magical-mythical-historical-fiction
Paperback, 2023
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Red Shift
Alan Garner
Amazing to listen to @ozekiland at @canongatebooks last night. I discovered, though, that neither she nor Karen Joy Fowler had heard of, let alone read, Alan Garner. They asked where to start⊠Weirdstone? Red Shift? @prasifcat suggested Owl Service. @EricaWgnr @BacklistedPod https://t.co/28zsjFnr2O
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Learwife
J. R. Thorp
Fab review of a book I loved. We selected this as one of our debuts of the year for âŠ@ObsNewReviewâ© - so glad others are falling under the spell of Learwife. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/09/learwife-by-jr-thorp-review-out-of-shakespeares-shadows?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Paperback, 2023
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