The Guardian kindly published my Top Ten Books on Boredom last week.
Although, I would have preferred a Top 15.
Here is the detritus of my initial list:
11. Cold Water – Gwendoline Riley.
12. Naïve, Super – Erlend Loe.
13. Eeeee Eee Eeee – Tao Lin.
14. Berg – Ann Quin.
15. Chilly Scenes of Winter – Anne Beattie.
""A story assembled from everyday objects, unassumingly and quietly, that stuns and horrifies by increments...The Canal may look, at first glance, like a love story, but it harnesses the power of parable." John Wray, author of Lowboy.
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