Liam Hess Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Liam Hess

If Ali Smith’s four-book magnum opus...forensically examined post-Brexit malaise in contemporary Britain, her latest novel...offers a chilling window into its endgame: a world where surveillance, data collection...and environmental collapse have created an Orwellian hellscape.

Liam Hess

The razor-sharp prose of All Fours also offers a warm, generous blend of heartache and humor. Unsurprisingly, it’s already received cosigns from George Saunders and Emma Cline, with the latter hailing it “a brilliant work of art from a completely blown open and fearless mind.

Liam Hess

A razor-sharp debut…Taranto’s compelling dissections of moral gray areas and nail-bitingly tense passages of superconductivity experiments make the novel bracingly clever…a viciously funny page-turner with plenty of surprises.”

Liam Hess

Hilton Als returns with another slice of razor-sharp cultural criticism, this time clocking in at a brisk but perfectly judged 48 pages... An entertaining and erudite insight into Prince’s sacred (and often profane) legacy, My Pinup slips down like a cool, crisp martini.

Liam Hess

As seductive as it is deeply strange, Dunn’s whip-smart prose and pitch-black humor make Toad an illicit treat.

Liam Hess

Balancing Keegan’s delicate, sparing prose and masterful ear for dialogue with a tale that is almost overwhelming in its tenderness, Foster is a heart-wrenching treasure of a book that only serves to confirm Keegan’s place as one of contemporary Irish literature’s leading lights.

Liam Hess

a story that carries distinct shades of Patricia Highsmith and Donna Tartt... Mouth to Mouth is an elegantly told and supremely gripping tale of serendipity and deception—and delivers a brilliant ending that will leave you guessing about everything that came before.