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Here More Than You Probably the best short story collection of the year with the LA performance artist happily eschewing the awkward to get to the heart of her characters' fractured lives.
Clive Staflord Smith Bad Men The horror stories of Guantanamo Bay are brought to vivid and terrible life by the British-born lawyer who has become a real thorn in the side of Bush and co.
Toni Davidson The Gradual Gathering of Lust Back after a long hiatus post-Scar Culture. the Ayr~born writer gave us a splendid set of short stories about the stuff that moves the loins.
Joe Hill Heart-Shaped Box Stephen King's little bearded boy did his dad proud with a spooky as hell tale about a fading rock star buying a ghost on the internet. Which can never turn outgood.
Don DeLlllo Falling Man It wasn't half inevitable that this chronicler of the US psyche would dip into the soul of 9/1 1. And he does so with impressive and infuriating vigour.
Niven Govinden Graffiti My Soul Disaffected British youths may not be the easiest lot for 30-something writers to tackle but this Goldsmiths graduate picks the lock of Veerapen Isaac Prendrapen to sordid perfection. Dave Eggers What is the What The cocksurest writer of them all produced his most audacious affair to date. the story of a real- life refugee fleeing the Sudanese civil war. Which might not sound invigorating to you. but then you'd be quite wrong.
Charlie Brooker Dawn of the Dumb The guy who grumps and groans about rubbish telly on BBCA’s Screenwipe has his Guardian ravings collected up. Bloody funny they are. too. (Brian Donaldson)
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