Laura Warrell

Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm by Laura Warrell: Men behaving badly

8 February 2023 / 14 Comments

I’d love to show off my jazz erudition and tell you that I knew the title of Laura Warrell’s debut was a Jelly Roll Morton quote but that’s not the case. Truth be told, I know little or nothing about the genre but I did like the idea of a novel that told the story …

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Cover image for What You Need from the Night by Laurent Petitmangin

Books to Look Out For Out for in February 2023: Part One

9 January 2023 / 19 Comments

I’ve read two from February’s first instalment of new fiction, both of which deal with families hit by tragedy in very different ways. Laurent Petitmangin’s What You Need from the Night sees an unnamed father, left to bring up his two sons alone after their mother’s death, finding a chasm opening between him and his …

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