@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social#MissouriWilliams and #ChinaMiéville among #writers on ‘adventurous’ #GoldsmithsPrize #shortlist
Six writers are in contention for the £10,000 #books prize, which celebrates #fiction that ‘breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form’
@adambcqx.bsky.socialJust picked up the new #ChinaMiéville at my local @waterstones.bsky.social - impressive from the front; side elevation a little intimidating.
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social#TheRouse by #ChinaMiéville #BookReview – a mighty achievement from the ‘new weird’ author
Twenty years in the writing, this paranormal epic of cold war espionage and family tragedy is a quantum leap in terms of ambition and moral seriousness