Some of the books i ve got this week –

from top to bottom –

the man who knew everything  by tom Stacey this was from my great blogger and twitter friend Simon(insidebooks ),a lovely Capuchin classic volume of staceys book following a reporter on the fleet street of the 50’s

Young Turk by Moris Farhi – this came from telegram books as part of the celebration of jewish book week , the story follows a 14yr old jewish boys war experiences in turkey

everything is the best thing ever by Justin Taylor – from harpers a collection of stories by the up and coming talent of Justin Taylor a regular contributor to the believer and nplus1

mornings with Mailer by Dwayne Raymond from harper as well ,Raymond memories of working with the great Mailer in his twilight years ,looks like it will be a great look into the life of Mailer

postcards from a dead girl by kirk Farber ,Sid Higgins follows an ex round the world via her postcards as he suffers from a brain tumor ,seems like a male p.s i love you

the pregnant widow Martin Amis ,from Jonathan cape a book I won ,this is one of the most talked about books of the year I will read it with an open mind thou til I ve read it

also this for my around the world challenge from the lovely rabbits  at bookrabbit. a tale set in Tehran following a hunt for a new passport.