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What is "Metaliterature"? It is literature about literature, in this case, views, reviews, and thoughts provoked by stuff I've read, illuminated by the bin fire that is my life. I'm hoping this might be a chronicle of the brain of a life-long reader as guided by intertextual coincidence. If you like what you read, read what I like. Currently exiled to the liminal geographical space between Bridgend and Tondu. I am an Amazon Associate and earn (very little) from qualifying purchases.

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When Lions Roared: The Lions, The All Blacks, And The Legendary Tour Of 1971, by Tom English and Peter Burns

Posted by Gareth R Davies on December 31, 2023

British And Irish Lions New Zealand non-fiction Peter Burns Polaris rugby sport Tom English When Lions Roared

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The Book Of Paradise by Itzik Manger

Posted by Gareth R Davies on December 31, 2023

fiction in translation Itzik Manger Pushkin Press The Book Of Paradise

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A Dead Man In Deptford by Anthony Burgess

Posted by Gareth R Davies on December 01, 2023

A Dead Man In Deptford Anthony Burgess fiction Kit Marlowe Vintage

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Dr. No by Percival Everett

Posted by Gareth R Davies on November 17, 2023

Dr. No fiction Influx Press Percival Everett

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Love Murder by Saul Black

Posted by Gareth R Davies on November 12, 2023

crime fiction Love Murder Orion Saul Black

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A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare

Posted by Gareth R Davies on October 27, 2023

A Dictator Calls fiction Harvill Secker in translation Ismail Kadare John Hodgson

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Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard

Posted by Gareth R Davies on October 09, 2023

Anne Enright Austria David McLintock Faber and Faber fiction in translation Thomas Bernhard Woodcutters

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Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson

Posted by Gareth R Davies on October 02, 2023

fiction Gollancz Mona Lisa Overdrive Neuromancer science fiction William Gibson

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King Rat by China Miéville

Posted by Gareth R Davies on September 25, 2023

China Miéville fantasy fiction King Rat Pan

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Barcelona Shadows by Marc Pastor

Posted by Gareth R Davies on September 18, 2023

Barcelona Barcelona Shadows crime fiction in translation Marc Pastor Pushkin Press

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The Android Mirror by Christopher Hall

Posted by Gareth R Davies on September 11, 2023

Christopher Hall fiction Independently Published The Android Mirror

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Little Hands Clapping by Dan Rhodes

Posted by Gareth R Davies on September 05, 2023

Canongate Dan Rhodes fiction Hay-On-Wye Little Hands Clapping

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From The Fatherland, With Love by Ryu Murakami

Posted by Gareth R Davies on August 21, 2023

fiction From the Fatherland With Love in translation Pushkin Press Ryu Murakami

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There There by Tommy Orange

Posted by Gareth R Davies on August 05, 2023

American Book Award fiction Pulitzer Prize There There Tommy Orange Vintage

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Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer

Posted by Gareth R Davies on July 31, 2023

fiction Jeff VanderMeer Pan science fiction Veniss Underground

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Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Posted by Gareth R Davies on July 22, 2023

Chain-Gang All-Stars fiction Harvill Secker Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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Quicksand by Steve Toltz

Posted by Gareth R Davies on July 13, 2023

fiction Quicksand Sceptre Steve Toltz

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Gathering Evidence by Martin MacInness

Posted by Gareth R Davies on July 03, 2023

Atlantic Books fiction Gathering Evidence Martin MacInnes

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Every Third Thought by John Barth

Posted by Gareth R Davies on June 26, 2023

Counterpoint Press Every Third Thought fiction John Barth metafiction

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Zorrie by Laird Hunt

Posted by Gareth R Davies on June 14, 2023

fiction Laird Hunt riverrun Zorrie

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How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Posted by Gareth R Davies on June 09, 2023

Bloomsbury dystopian fiction How High We Go In The Dark science fiction Sequoia Nagamatsu

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The World And All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon

Posted by Gareth R Davies on May 30, 2023

Aleksandar Hemon fiction Picador The World And All That It Holds

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Count Zero by William Gibson

Posted by Gareth R Davies on May 15, 2023

cyberpunk fiction Gollancz Matrix Trilogy Neuromancer science fiction Sprawl Trilogy William Gibson

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Narrator by Bragi Ólafsson

Posted by Gareth R Davies on May 09, 2023

Bragi Ólafsson fiction Lytton Smith Narrator Open Letter tranlsated

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Remainder by Tom McCarthy

Posted by Gareth R Davies on April 28, 2023

Alma Modern Classics fiction Remainder Tom McCarthy

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Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss

Posted by Gareth R Davies on April 24, 2023

Brian Aldiss fiction Gollancz Non-Stop Sci-Fi Masterworks science fiction

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The Sealed Knot by Clare Clark

Posted by Gareth R Davies on April 17, 2023

Clare Clark English Civil War fiction historical romance Holly Rigby Independently Published Jassy Earl Oliver Cromwell review The Sealed Knot

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H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker

Posted by Gareth R Davies on April 16, 2023

fiction H(A)PPY Nicola Barker William Heinemann

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Mr Kafka and Other Tales by Bohumil Hrabal

Posted by Gareth R Davies on April 06, 2023

Bohumil Hrabal fiction Mr Kafka and Other Tales short stories Vintage

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A Hanging At Cinder Bottom by Glenn Taylor

Posted by Gareth R Davies on April 01, 2023

A Hanging At Cinder Bottom fiction Glenn Taylor M. Glenn Taylor The Borough Press

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Angel's Inferno by William Hjortsberg

Posted by Gareth R Davies on March 22, 2023

Angel's Inferno crime Falling Angel fiction No Exit Press review William Hjortsberg

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The Takeshi Kovacs Trilogy: Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, Woken Furies, by Richard Morgan

Posted by Gareth R Davies on March 19, 2023

Altered Carbon Broken Angels fiction Gollancz review Richard Morgan science fiction space opera Takeshi Kovacs Woken Furies

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The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright

Posted by Gareth R Davies on March 16, 2023

fiction George Floyd James Baldwin Paul Beatty Ralph Ellison review Richard Wright The Man Who Lived Underground Vintage

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The Killing Lessons by Saul Black

Posted by Gareth R Davies on March 05, 2023

crime fiction Glen Duncan John Connolly Orbit review Saul Black The Killing Lessons thriller

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At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien (The Complete Novels)

Posted by Gareth R Davies on January 09, 2023

At Swim-Two-Birds Everyman's Library fiction Finn Mac Cool Flann O'Brien Graham Greene Italo Calvino John Barth Mad King Sweeney Menippean Satire metafiction review Richard Brautigan Russell Hoban

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