Barry Pierce
Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast
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Review

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle
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family chronicle

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo review: Family dynamics beg closer inspection
Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo,
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Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo review: Family dynamics beg closer inspection

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit
Sea Change by Gina Chung
review

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit

Okay Days by Jenny Mustard review: Romance as though Sally Rooney didn't happen
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Review

Okay Days by Jenny Mustard review: Romance as though Sally Rooney didn't happen

Bellies by Nicola Dinan review: Compelling and compassionate trans romance
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review

Bellies by Nicola Dinan review: Compelling and compassionate trans romance

Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel
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Comic novel

Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?
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Problematic art

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?

Never Was by H Gareth Gavin review: 'A dreamy and promising debut'
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Fiction

Never Was by H Gareth Gavin review: 'A dreamy and promising debut'

Biography of X review by Catherine Lacey: 'A stroke of genius'
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Fiction

Biography of X review by Catherine Lacey: 'A stroke of genius'

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: 'Nothing like you'll expect'
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Reading list

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: 'Nothing like you'll expect'

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating
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non fiction

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating