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John Burnside

Fallen Land by Patrick Flanery - review

John Burnside is gripped by an at times almost unbearably poignant thriller that portrays the flipside of the American dream and how ordinary men can veer into madness Given its essential nature, it comes as no surprise that the American dream gave way s

Guardian Books poetry podcast: John Burnside reads Maxine Kumin

Today John Burnside chooses The Retrieval System by Maxine Kumin, a look at doubling mirrored in its intricate rhyme scheme John Burnside Tim Maby

Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories by Sherman Alexie - review

Mordantly witty and sometimes heartbreaking, Sherman Alexie's short stories are quietly addictive The thing to forget straightaway, before approaching the work of Sherman Alexie, is anything you might have heard about him being an author who "just writes