[rating=4]
323 pages • Picador • May 7, 2010 [PB]

Tim Bennett-Goodman is gripped by this thriller set in the seamier side of Rome.

“The narrative maintains a breathtaking pace, making it utterly gripping reading. It is also a dark, dangerous, brooding, and (perhaps because of that) very sexy novel.”

[rating=4]
72 Pages • Kiss and Tell Press • November 21, 2011 [PB]

Tim Bennett-Goodman finds Confessions of a Sex Addict: Part 1 by Michael Wynne to be an honest, philosophical book about a prolific gay male sexual adventurer.

“There is not a shred of reservation or reticence when it comes to minute observations of the sheer physicality of gay male sex – although there may be a tinge of regret, even guilt, about some of his perceived emotional shortcomings or failures of empathy on occasion.”

[rating=4]
233 pages • Serpent’s Tail • April 5, 2012 [HB]

Tim Bennett-Goodman is moved by this multi-layered family saga.

“A Stone’s Throw is a work of two distinct halves, deftly stitched together by Shaw into a satisfying whole.”

[rating=5]
Granta • March 1, 2012 [HB] 144 pages • Granta • March 1, 2012 [HB]

The editor is impressed and moved by Justin Torres’ debut We The Animals.

“We The Animals is, in the Granta edition, as beautiful a book physically as it is emotionally.”