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A gray Metropolis – Robert Jackson Bennett’s Company Men

Robert Jackson Bennett‘s The Company Men plunges the reader into the rapidly thickening world of Evesden, an American city dominated by the McNaughton factory. It follows Mr Shivers, Bennett’s debut novel which is set in the 1930s Dust Bowl, in … Continue reading

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A shiver down my spine – Robert Jackson Bennett’s Mr Shivers

Robert Jackson Bennett‘s debut novel, Mr Shivers, plays out to a sound track of a demented Ennio Morricone or Nick Cave against the 1930s dustbowl. Marcus Connelly is hunting down Mr Shivers, a scarred man who leaves death in his … Continue reading

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