Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan review – straight from the horse trainer’s mouth
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Despite its minimalist style, the American writer’s experimental novel tracking the life of a would-be jockey in the midwest is brimming with lifeFiction – so close to lying – has always been a suspicious enterprise, not leas...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/22/kick-the-latch-by-kathryn-scanlan-review-straight-from-the-horse-trainers-mouth

Aleksandar Hemon: ‘A book isn’t a car – not everything has to work’
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The Sarajevo-born author on his new historical novel’s multilingual sensibility, turning screenwriter for The Matrix sequel and pretending to be Kevin KeeganAleksandar Hemon, 58, was born in Sarajevo and lives in New Jersey. His diverse ...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/21/aleksandar-hemon-a-book-isnt-a-car-not-everything-has-to-work

Nigerian author Ayòbámi Adébáyò: ‘I don’t want to be read for some kind of anthropology’
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Six years after her acclaimed debut Stay With Me, the writer is back with a novel that shines a light on the social inequalities of her homeland. She talks about motherhood, politics and marriageAyòbámi Adébáy...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/21/nigerian-author-ayobami-adebayo-i-dont-want-to-be-read-for-some-kind-of-anthropology

Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan review – secrets of the racetrack
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Based on conversations with a horse trainer, this extraordinary novel is unsentimental and humaneIn her 2019 book, Aug 9 – Fog, Kathryn Scanlan cut up, edited and arranged an elderly woman’s diary found at an estate auction in a small Illinois town. The accr...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/21/kick-the-latch-by-kathryn-scanlan-review-secrets-of-the-racetrack