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God is Brazilian
André Barcinski
‘Guys like V seem to be everywhere in Brazil these days: riding in vehicles they can’t afford, buying the latest generation TV sets and smart phones, getting hooked on endless installment plans and the allure of easy credit.’
Life at Tilty Mill
Christopher Barker
‘This was the wild bunch that peopled my childhood nightmares.’
Trap. Dominate. Fuck.
Julian Barnes
‘Sceptics maintain that live chess is as enthralling as watching paint dry. Ultra-sceptics reply: unfair to paint'.
Glasgow Victim
Hugh Barnes
‘I went to Glasgow to live out a fantasy. Its fluid, inconstant, nerve-wrung landscape had a claim upon my imagination.’
Knowing French
Julian Barnes
‘We still miss Miss Winstanley very much. She was a lovely lady, and certainly the life and soul of the party around Pilcher House during her time here.‘
Julian Barnes | A London View
Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes shares a view of London from his childhood.
Bad Women, Good Feminists?
Damian Barr
‘I was told I was not a feminist and never could be, because I was a man.’
He Had His Reasons
Colin Barrett
Colin Barrett on the Hawe family murder-suicide, and what the Irish media’s coverage tells us about the nation’s prejudices.
Best Book of 1991: Mao II by Don DeLillo
Colin Barrett
‘The ultimate goal of each act of art, each work of terror, is to demolish the old, incumbent reality, and create a new one.’
The Raingod’s Green, Dark as Passion
Kevin Barry
‘If cities are sexed, as Jan Morris believes, then Cork is a male place. Personified further, I would cast him as low-sized, disputatious and stoutly built, a hard-to-knock-over type.’
A Job on the Line
Desmond Barry
‘The atmosphere in the house was thick with my father's depression.’
The End?
John Barth
‘What do you do when your daily routine comes to a halt, when your latest achievement just might be your last?’
