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"Someone recommended this spy story, set in 1960, and so did the NYT, Kate Atkinson, John Banville and Mick Herron (at least on the back cover). I thought maybe, after a dozen second-rate novels, Boyd had at last written a good one. Well, if you li..." Permalink

"“Incandescent!” says the cover blurb, and the writing is very good, invoking character, mood and culture with surprising skill for a 25-year-old first-time novelist. The premise is a twist on a familiar tale: a promising young black man is deraile..." Permalink

"Winner of the 2024 Booker and other awards, Orbital is about a day in the life of six astronauts orbiting the earth in a space station. There’s no “plot” as such; there’s a tiny back story on each individual, a bit of space-station-procedural, and..." Permalink