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Whatever I wanted, it wasn't this clumsily constructed, overly contrived but largely empty story. Judging from the critical acclaim this novel received, I'm in the minority in seeing this particular emperor as naked. "He Wants" was The Observer Book of the Year in 2014, which asserted, ‘Moore ...
The editor sent all his invited authors a writing prompt consisting of an envelope, looking as if gone astray, containing some odd document or object. I have to say, on the whole, I preferred the stories that used this item less literally. The opening story, "The Green Letter", used the arrival of a...
bookshelves: winter-20142015, published-2012, under-50-ratings, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, lit-richer, contemporary Read from January 29 to February 06, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03w3071Description: Ruth Gemmell reads a selection of stories from Alison Moore's atmospheric, an...
Red Room - New Stories Inspired by the Brontes. Unthank Books 4 of 5 stars I was provided with a copy of this book from the publishers in return for an honest review. This is a collection of short stories written by award winning short story authors. Each writer was asked to create a story ins...
Oh dear. This little Booker Prize shortlisted novel really is quite disappointing. Let's start with the positives though (and it's a biggy). The writing is brilliant. Short, sharp and clear. Moore really is accomplished. Unfortunately, with this particular story, the style leaves the reader sl...
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