Danish protagonist Hannah Krause-Bendix is probably the most unpleasant fictional crime investigator I’ve come across: even by the final pages of Thirty Days of Darkness, when some of her rougher edges and more irritating traits have been tempered by events and experience, she remains an infuriati
As is the case with many of Georges Simenon’s books, this is a novella rather than a novel, but as is also the case with Simenon, he packs as much into these 178 pages as many other authors would into double that number. His descriptive passages may be spare, but they display a perspicacity and [&
Welcome to September’s Riveting Reviews. We’ve been absent a long time, I realise, and we know you will have missed us, but it’s been for good reason. Back in the spring, we published not one, but two editions of The Riveter magazine – The Spanish Riveter and The Austrian Riveter – a
Jorge Garriz: Iván and Txema, your project, Odd Kiosk, which is based in Barcelona, exclusively sells and promotes queer literature. How did this idea come about and why the name Odd Kiosk? Odd Kiosk: We’re two guys who grew up and live in Barcelona. Iván is a graphic designer, and Txema is an a
‘[Queerness)] made me a better person because I had to find different angles to the world. I couldn’t just accept what was there.’ — Ocean Vuong Finding queer literature in today’s Spain is as easy as it is in many other countries around the world. It’s heartening to see this literat
They say patience can turn a stone into a jewel. Hafez No ! It didn't turn into a jewel It isn't a jewel, not at all It never will be No ! It was a stone : patience A stone through & through The split through my forehead The gash across my face The blood […]
