Simon Parkin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Simon is a journalist and the Observer's games critic. non-fiction writer // @newyorker // fellow @royalhistsoc // podcast @myperfectcnsle // books 'game of birds and wolves', 'island of extraordinary captives'
Battle Royale: Remastered
Koushun TakamiSimon ParkinAspiring novelist Koushun Takami was dozing on a futon when he was visited by an apparition: a schoolteacher with an unthinkable assignment. Battle Royale became a best-selling book, then film, then the template for a new kind of revolutionary video game: https://t.co/2KNA8nRzFK
Paperback, 2014
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Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
Katherine RundellSimon Parkin‘Language is a set, not of rules, but of possibilities’ - Katherine Rundell’s Super-Infinite is quite something.
Paperback, 2023
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
Rebecca WestSimon ParkinA footnote in Geoff Dyer's latest led me to Rebecca West's 1942 narrative non-fiction book 'Black Lamb and Grey Falcon' and goodness me it's an amazing piece of work - so breezy and alive! Also, 'footnote brought me here' is a v pleasing way to find a good thing.
Paperback, 2007
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The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp
Simon ParkinSimon ParkinNext Tuesday evening I am giving a talk at the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution about 'The Island of Extraordinary Captives', which was one of the New Yorker's best books of 2022. Come along?! https://t.co/RTGTbe2qDt
Paperback, 2023
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The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
Max FisherSimon ParkinMax Fisher's book is a devastating account of the ill-effects of social media: the unregulated power to move conspiracy theories to the mainstream, to elect governments on the back of misinformation and even, according to UN experts, encourage genocide:
Paperback, 2023
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