Maverick Citizen’s collection of essays,
Reflexions: Reading in the Present Tense, has appeared weekly over the past two months. Today, a few days after the birth date of Erich Maria Remarque whose novel
All Quiet on the Western Front fictionalised another time of human-induced conflict and trauma, we publish this collection of thoughtful book reviews to bring the series to an end.
Shuggie Bain. Back then, all of us were trying to combine the desire for celebration of a new year with the experiences of death, dread and despair brought on by a rising second wave of Covid-19 in South Africa. Hopes for a return to “normality” in 2021, whatever that means, were soon stillborn.
Nicola Sturgeon says books including Scabby Queen and Lockdown got her through 2020
The First Minister s list included Scottish titles such as Scabby Queen by Kirstin Innes and Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize-winning debut Shuggie Bain.
Nicola Sturgeon is an avid fan of reading. (Image: Colin Hattersley/PA)
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