Paul BurstonApr 21, 20204 minLockdown Bookclub – The Good SonThere aren’t many sassy, sexually-ambiguous, ten year-old, Irish first-person narrators in fiction. So thank heavens for Mickey Donnelly....
Paul BurstonApr 16, 20204 minLockdown Bookclub – Valley of the DollsIn the ’60s, her name was synonymous with all things hip and swinging. Her fashion sense was imitated by millions. And on the day...
Paul BurstonApr 15, 20203 minLockdown Bookclub – Tennessee Williams, MemoirsWhen Tennessee Williams’s memoirs were first published in 1975, one reviewer wrote: ‘If he has not exactly opened his heart, he has...
Paul BurstonApr 14, 20202 minLockdown Bookclub – Erotic Lives of the Superheroes These are queer times for superheroes. Last October, Batwoman came out as the first crime-fighting lesbian to front her own TV show....