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Don Quixote is the best book out there on political theory, followed by Hamlet and Macbeth. There is no better way to understand the tragedy and the comedy of the Mexican political system than Hamlet, Macbeth and Don Quixote. They’re much better than any column of political analysis.

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Provenance, by Kate Thompson: fighting inequality and injustice to Aboriginal peoples

15 November 2021 / 346

Jenny Farrell reviews Provenance, by Kate Thompson As Elliot Fielding struggles in an Australian hospital to piece together his fragmented memory following serious head injury, the reader... Continue reading

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Liam O’Flaherty and the Irish Free State

20 October 2021 / 438

As Ireland observes the centenary of its incomplete independence – the setting up of the ‘Free State’ with dominion status and the partition of the country –... Continue reading

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Shuggie Bain and working-class writing

24 August 2021 / 362

Jenny Farrell review Douglas Stuart’s new novel Douglas Stuart won the 2020 Booker prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain, set in his home town of Glasgow... Continue reading

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Place, personality and politics: the life and loves of D. H. Lawrence

5 August 2021 / 501

Alan Dent writes about D. H. Lawrence Stand at the front door of 8a Victoria St, Eastwood and turn to your left and you can see the... Continue reading

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Walter Scott and the historical novel

26 July 2021 / 471

On his 250th anniversary, Jenny Farrell writes about Walter Scott and his historical novels, uncovering themes of class conflict, ethnic and nationalist struggles, and how the personal... Continue reading

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Apeirogon

18 June 2021 / 378

Jenny Farrell reviews Apeirogon by Colum McCann Unlike a pentagon, an apeirogon has an infinite number of sides, or aspects. The title of Colum McCann’s 2020 novel... Continue reading

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Palestinian Tales

17 June 2021 / 322

Edward Mackinnon reviews Alan Dent’s new book I started reading Alan Dent’s Palestinian Tales a short time before the recent protests against the forced expulsion of Palestinians... Continue reading

Edward Mackinnon

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Raymond Chandler: The Man Behind The Mask

25 April 2021 / 343

Dennis Broe reviews Raymond Chandler: The Man Behind The Mask, by Ken Fuller, and discusses how Chandler and others unmasked the capitalist delusion that was – and is?... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

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The language of the poor, of the most marginal and disdained: This Road of Mine, by Seosamh Mac Grianna

4 January 2021 / 389

Jenny Farrell introduces This Road of Mine, by Seosamh Mac Grianna, translated by Mícheál Ó hAodha. Published by The Lilliput Press, 2020. One of several important, socialist Irish language writers of the... Continue reading

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A working-class voice from the Irish language tradition: Exiles, by Dónall Mac Amhlaigh

4 January 2021 / 376

Jenny Farrell reviews Exiles, by Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, translated by Mícheál Ó hAodha (Parthian, 2020) Awareness of working-class literature is only growing slowly in Ireland. This is... Continue reading

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Don Quixote is the best book out there on political theory, followed by Hamlet and Macbeth. There is no better way to understand the tragedy and the comedy of the Mexican political system than Hamlet, Macbeth and Don Quixote. They’re much better than any column of political analysis.

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