DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Brotherly Love by Angus Reid
The phrase “cruel to be kind” comes from Hamlet, but Shakespeare’s Prince didn’t go in for kidnap, explosive punches, and cigarette deprivation. Tam is different.
[Illustration by Malc McGookin]
STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
TAM hit his brother so hard in the face that Russell swallowed the cigarette.
Russell was standing at the front door of Terry’s having a breather, a wee cigarette to himself, when Tam exploded out of nowhere and hit him so hard that he swallowed the fucking thing. Tam’s thumbs pressed into Russell’s eye sockets.
“Let’s see your eyes! Lets see your fuckin’ eyes!”
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