Patrick H Maxwell

Nov 25, 2024 | bigissue.com | Patrick H Maxwell

Books Australian novelist Winton is a post-apocalyptic call to arms over global warming by: Patrick Maxwell Tim Winton’s latest, hauntingly post–apocalyptic novel Juice is peppered with fragments of recognisable western culture. Snippets from the Bible and poetry leak into the otherwise blunt speech of our anonymous narrator. Winton’s protagonist tells his story in staccato bursts.

Jul 2, 2024 | bigissue.com | Patrick H Maxwell

Skip to header Skip to main content Books Two couples live in the same Paris apartment, in 1972 and 2019, emphasising the passage of time by: Patrick Maxwell Lauren Elkin has made her name as a literary flaneuse of various descriptions, and her first full novel, Scaffolding, is replete with the trends of her non-fiction.

Dec 26, 2023 | bigissue.com | Jane Graham |Doug Johnstone |Barry Pierce |Billie Walker |Annie Hayter |Patrick H Maxwell | +1 more

BooksOur books editor and regular critics choose their favourite books of the last 12 monthsby: Jane Graham, Doug Johnstone, Barry Pierce, Billie Walker, Annie Hayter, Patrick Maxwell, Chris Deerin“This is a moving labour of love, not just for Eileen but for the many women writers a patriarchal literary scene has worked hard to erase” Jane Graham on Wifedom by Anna Funder.

Oct 7, 2023 | bigissue.com | Patrick H Maxwell

BooksThe Pole and Other Stories collects six new stories from the two-times Booker winnerThe Pole and Other Stories by JM Coetzee is out on 19 October (Vintage, £20)JM Coetzee is a great writer, perhaps one of the greatest still around. His success is all the more extraordinary for the sheer uncanniness of his prose, the sparsely elegant feeling of obsession and neurosis that we take from his characters.

Apr 8, 2023 | bigissue.com | Patrick H Maxwell

Kate Briggs’s debut novel The Long Form is certainly one of the most perplexing books that you could read this year, but also one of the best. This is a profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured read, yet one that is deeply engrossing all the same. Helen and her baby daughter Rose wake up one morning: it is fair to say that not too much happens over the next few hours in the physical surroundings of their small flat.