Alan Murrin

Guilty pleasures that fail to satisfy: Cleanness, by Garth Greenwell, reviewed

25 April 2020 9:00 am

In Henry and June, Anaïs Nin asks her cousin Eduardo if one can be freed of a desire by experiencing…

R.O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries. Photo: Smeeta Mahanti

The I’s have it: the latest debut novels reviewed

1 December 2018 9:00 am

The large number of novels written in the first person would suggest it’s an easy voice to pull off: that…