2008ペーパーバック良書(フィクション)

Review: Pick of the paperbacks 2008 | Books | The Guardian

Darkmans

Darkmans

"Clever, sassy, suspenseful, explosively comic and gloriously, weirdly life-affirming; when I reached the end, I wished it had been twice as long." LF

Then We Came to the End

Then We Came to the End

"Ferris reveals our working selves with such confidence and kindness that the only possible response is riotous applause." OL

The Outcast

The Outcast

"Jones's debut is pure pleasure from captivating first page to teary romantic finish. A tragic account of the devastating effects of parental abuse and the redemptive power of love." KT

What Was Lost

What Was Lost

"Humorous, endearing and acutely observed, with subtly eerie mystery woven in." HZ

The Gum Thief. Douglas Coupland

The Gum Thief. Douglas Coupland

"Coupland steers admirably clear of sentiment. His clever, prickly, witty observations make an ugly world not only bearable but beautiful." HT

When We Were Bad: A Novel

When We Were Bad: A Novel

"Relentlessly good; crammed with brilliant, skewering details, for which Mendelson has a magpie's eye." SC

Sunstroke and Other Stories

Sunstroke and Other Stories

"Many of the concerns that have animated Hadley's three novels are explored here in miniature: family, infidelity, class and, most of all, the broken connections and short circuits of fantasy and desire." ES

The Other Garden and Collected Stories

The Other Garden and Collected Stories

"As a body of work, this is astonishing: sure, acute and disarmingly gentle. Without doubt, Wyndham is a master of the form." OL

Crusaders

Crusaders

"Big, boisterous and brazenly old-fashioned, Kelly's debut is a sweeping Tyneside epic set in the decades leading to New Labour's accession to power. For sheer scope and rambunctiousness, it's irresistible." RC