Red Pill by Hari Kunzru review – a timely take on reality

Journalism, Literary CriticismBy Charlotte11th January 2019Leave a comment

Kunzru’s smart and thought-provoking sixth novel draws a line from German Romanticism to Trump and the alt-right   Written for The Guardian   The title of Hari Kunzru’s sixth novel is taken from the famous scene in The Matrix where protagonist Neo is offered a choice: the red pill will allow him to see reality,…

Adam Foulds – Dream Sequence

Journalism, Literary CriticismBy Charlotte10th January 2019Leave a comment

Written for The Guardian Adam Foulds is the real deal. He has previously won the Costa poetry award for his reimagining of the Kenyan Mau Mau uprising, The Broken Word, and been Man Booker-shortlisted for his 2009 novel about John Clare, The Quickening Maze. This is his fourth novel and it follows two protagonists: Henry…