Sparks, glitterballs and masterworks

John Self

IN AN INDUSTRY THAT’S STILL, mostly, too self-consciously classy to give star ratings on its reviews, we nonetheless long to share — just as you demand to know — the best of the best. Is it that book I raved about and you bought but never got around to? The prizewinner where the chippy author interview put you right off? Or perhaps an improving Kindle download which, at least, can be safely abandoned without glaring at you from the table like those horrid paper books? To locate the goods, you may wish to browse the history of this column in your practical binder of back issues of The Critic, and that will uncover some of the greatest fiction published this year: Gwendoline Riley’s My Phantoms, a domestic horror comedy so…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2021

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