Blogs in May 2020

The End. And Again. 20th May 2020

The End. And Again. offers a beguiling, imaginative reworking of the history of the independence of Slovenia and the breakdown of Yugoslavia. Opening in early 1990s Ljubljana, the novel is told through the reminiscences of embittered bureaucrat Peter, corrupt...

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No Rules (Dr. Dan Trix Mystery 3) 6th February 2020

“One hundred year old women die of old age,” the doctor said. Dan Trix suspects it was murder. Detective Rodriquez also suspects murder. He suspects Trix. Trix discovers that the week before her death, his aunt changed her substantial...

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The Galley Slave 29th January 2020

Driven by a restlessness that he can barely comprehend, Ot consorts with merchants, peasants, pilgrims, pagans, heretics, thieves, and prostitutes, while continually trying to evade the forces of the Inquisition. Everywhere he encounters superstition, the Church, political power, and...

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Law of Desire 29th January 2020

Following on from his short story collection, “You Do Understand?,” is this expansive collection of sixteen tales about “urban nomads” lost in a labyrinth of pop culture: “We go to the movies. We read books. We listen to music....

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The Succubus 29th January 2020

In an unnamed city shrouded in mist, Valent Kosmina is a retiree living quietly yet discontentedly with his doped-up, TV-addicted wife. To escape the claustrophobia of home and city, he masquerades as a man of means and takes to...

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