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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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Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel by Jeff VanderMeer

Posted by Gareth R Davies on October 23, 2024

4th Estate Absolution fiction Jeff VanderMeer science fiction The Southern Reach Trilogy

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Slumberland by Paul Beatty

Posted by Gareth R Davies on October 09, 2024

fiction Oneworld Paul Beatty Slumberland

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The Collector Collector by Tibor Fischer

Posted by Gareth R Davies on September 30, 2024

fiction The Collector Collector Tibor Fischer Vintage

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The Whitewash by Siang Lu

Posted by Gareth R Davies on September 23, 2024

fiction Siang Lu The Whitewash University of Queensland Press

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The Minotaur Takes His Own Sweet Time by Steven Sherrill

Posted by Gareth R Davies on September 15, 2024

Blair fiction Steven Sherrill The Minotaur Takes His Own Sweet Time

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I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan

Posted by Gareth R Davies on September 04, 2024

fiction Glen Duncan I Lucifer Scribner

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The Book Of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville

Posted by Gareth R Davies on September 01, 2024

BRZRKR China Miéville Del Rey fiction Keanu Reeves Midlake review science fiction Ship of Theseus The Book Of Elsewhere Thomas Hobbes

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Evenfall: The Golden Linnet by Alexander Armstrong

Posted by Gareth R Davies on August 28, 2024

Alexander Armstrong Evenfall Farshore National Book Tokens teenage fiction The Golden Linnet uncorrected proof copy

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Toward Eternity by Anton Hur

Posted by Gareth R Davies on August 25, 2024

Anton Hur fiction HarperVia review science fiction Ship of Theseus Thomas Hobbes Towards Eternity

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Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll

Posted by Gareth R Davies on August 20, 2024

history Killing Thatcher Mudlark non-fiction Northern Ireland politics Rory Carroll

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Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession

Posted by Gareth R Davies on August 13, 2024

Bluemoose Books fiction Ghost Mountain Ireland Rónán Hession

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In memoriam - Ismail Kadare

Posted by Gareth R Davies on July 01, 2024

Albania Ismail Kadare obituary The Guardian

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The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Posted by Gareth R Davies on June 24, 2024

John Robins Julia Cameron non-fiction Souvenir Press The Artist's Way

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The Ball Is Round: A Global History Of Football by David Goldblatt

Posted by Gareth R Davies on June 18, 2024

A Global History Of Football David Goldblatt football non-fiction Penguin sport The Ball Is Round

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Telephone by Percival Everett

Posted by Gareth R Davies on June 10, 2024

fiction Percival Everett Picador Telephone

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Elis and John Present the Holy Vible: The Book The Bible Could Have Been by Elis James and John Robins

Posted by Gareth R Davies on June 07, 2024

audiobook Carmarthen Elis James Frank Zappa humour John Robins non-fiction review The Holy Vible The Socially Distant Sports Bar Three Bean Salad Trapeze vibes

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Loose Head by Joe Marler

Posted by Gareth R Davies on June 07, 2024

audiobook biography Joe Marler Loose Head non-fiction Penguin Audio review rugby

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Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Posted by Gareth R Davies on May 31, 2024

Everina Maxwell fiction Ocean's Echo Orbit science fiction

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Severance by Ling Ma

Posted by Gareth R Davies on May 22, 2024

fiction Ling Ma Severance Text Publishing

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The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Posted by Gareth R Davies on May 15, 2024

Cixin Liu fiction Head of Zeus in translation science fiction The Three-Body Problem

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I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Posted by Gareth R Davies on May 05, 2024

fiction I Who Have Never Known Men in translation Jacqueline Harpman Vintage

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The Yips by Nicola Barker

Posted by Gareth R Davies on April 23, 2024

fiction Fourth Estate Nicola Barker The Yips

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James by Percival Everett

Posted by Gareth R Davies on April 16, 2024

fiction James Mantle Mark Twain Percival Everett The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Posted by Gareth R Davies on April 10, 2024

Everina Maxwell Orbit science fiction Winter's Orbit

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The Delivery by Margarita Garcia Robayo

Posted by Gareth R Davies on March 29, 2024

Charco Press fiction in translation Margarita Garcia Robayo Megan McDowell The Delivery

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Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Posted by Gareth R Davies on March 24, 2024

Emily Tesh fiction Orbit science fiction Some Desperate Glory space opera

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We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson

Posted by Gareth R Davies on March 21, 2024

fiction Penguin Modern Classics Shirley Jackson We Have Always Lived In The Castle

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The Sellout by Paul Beatty

Posted by Gareth R Davies on March 11, 2024

fiction Oneworld Paul Beatty The Sellout

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The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada

Posted by Gareth R Davies on March 07, 2024

David Boyd fiction Granta Hiroko Oyamada in translation The Factory

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The Cartoonist by Richard Beard

Posted by Gareth R Davies on February 26, 2024

Bloomsbury fiction Richard Beard The Cartoonist

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Low Life by Jeffrey Bernard

Posted by Gareth R Davies on February 06, 2024

Duckworth Jeffrey Bernard Low Life newspaper column non-fiction The Spectator

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Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed

Posted by Gareth R Davies on January 22, 2024

fiction Ishmael Reed Mumbo Jumbo Penguin Modern Classics

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Glyph by Percival Everett

Posted by Gareth R Davies on January 15, 2024

Faber and Faber fiction Glyph Percival Everett

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Weasels In The Attic by Hiroko Oyamada

Posted by Gareth R Davies on January 13, 2024

fiction Granta Hiroko Oyamada in translation Weasels In The Attic

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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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