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Anthony Doerr and Truman Capote – book reviews

Shelf Indulgence is a book column from award-winning novelist, A.D. Garrett. This book review column recommends two books per month, across a range of styles and genres, and a mixture of new and old. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr Fourth Estate, 2015, ISBN-10: 0008138303 This… Read more


What are short stories for?

By Margaret Murphy/A.D. Garrett Why do novelists write short stories? It certainly isn’t for the money – they really don’t pay much – and if, like me, you find them a challenge, they can take a disproportionate amount of work. And yet Murder Squad has… Read more