Author:William S. Burroughs
William Burroughs’ work was dedicated to an assault upon language, traditional values and all agents of control. Produced at a time when he was at his most extreme and messianic, The Job lays out his abrasive, incisive, paranoiac, maddened and maddening worldview in interviews interspersed with stories and other writing. On the Beat movement, the importance of the cut-up technique, the press, Scientology, capital punishment, drugs, good and evil, the destruction of nations, Deadly Orgone Radiation and whether violence just in words is violence enough – Burroughs’ insights show why he was one of the most influential writers and one of the sharpest, most startling and strangest minds of his generation.
She's a genius, genuinely modern in the heroic, glorious sense
—— Alain de BottonOne of the most gifted writers of her generation
—— ScotsmanSophisticated, reticent, ornate, stark, supple, stiff, savage or forgiving...they are stories from the prime of life
—— Times Literary SupplementAn outstanding correspondent on the war between the sexes writes as wittily as ever on the hopes and shortcomings of women who bake for poets, sleep with their accountants, attribute their preference for awful men to fearlessness, and don't know how much they scare their own mothers
—— ObserverAs in the plays, it is the force and adroitness of his curiosity that impresses.
—— GuardianAlthough Murakami's style and deadpan humour are wonderfully distinctive, his emotional territory is more familiar - remorse, unresolved confusion, sudden epiphanies - though heightened by the surreal... For all its peculiarity, Planet Murakami offers a recognisable landscape of our fears
—— ObserverDisarming, amusing and reveals his lightness of touch
—— Scotland on SundayA beguiling collection that shows off Murakami's bold inventiveness and deep compassion
—— MetroMurakami is excellent at creating an intense mood in a swift few lines... always provocative and never less than engaging
—— Daily TelegraphBy turns disturbing and delightful, funny strange and funny ha-ha...Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is a handsome volume of prose, every bit as substantial as a novel...They show him at his very best; not as a cult novelist but as a really first-rate writer of short fiction
—— GuardianFunny but also sad and wise
—— Sunday TelegraphMurakami’s fictional world is extraordinary.
—— The Sunday TimesJulian Barnes reminds us what an exhilarating experience it can be to read a really good critic.
—— Jane Shilling , Sunday TelegraphA compulsive page-turner.
—— Tim Adams , ObserverBarnes’s passion for his writers is infectious.
—— Ion Trewin , Sunday ExpressBlissfully intelligent.
—— Roger Lewis , Financial TimesThe temptation to turn away is powerful, but the rewards for resisting it are considerable. These essays combine a scholarly breadth of knowledge with a powerful sense of the absurdities of the creative life.
—— Jane Shilling , Sunday TelegraphThrough the Window is a wonderful and very interesting collection of essays that rewards close, and also measured, reading.
—— Brendan Wright , NudgeA masterclass display of versatility... mood and style in these richly concise, crisply written pieces are confidently varied, too... adding vitality to the virtuosity is a terrific ear for idiomatic speech
—— Peter Kemp , Sunday TimesA writer who reveals the power of the short story to speak for our time
—— Irish TimesO’Connor is a gifted storyteller… [He] has a wonderful ear for dialogue and is a master of the telling phrase
—— Brian Maye , Irish TimesThis collection is beautiful; full of pure, simple truths that linger long in the mind
—— Philip Womack , New Humanist
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