Gabrielle Barnby

Chiff Chaff

David Barnard

This is a book to be swallowed in quick indulgent mouthfuls, a fry up of a book, dotted with globules of Daddies sauce. Each item an erstwhile stranger to its neighbour, but belonging together, companions on a plate that confuses, delights and satisfies.
The narrator and central character of Barnard’s narrative is the idiosyncratic Alexander A. Alexander, resident during hi Read more of this blog post »