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Portrait of the artist as a young novelist

posted in News on September 9, 2025 by derek 0 Comment

The Naked Spur Alexander Adams, London: Exeter House, 2025, 304pps., pb., £14.93 (Amazon) In 2007, a burned-out young British artist arrived in Berlin from London. He rented a frigid apartment in the worst district of the city, and subsisted on coffee and chocolate while he hammered out the draft of a novel ‘inspired’ by his… Continue reading →