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Rowena Macdonald

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I was born on the Isle of Wight, grew up in the West Midlands and now live in East London. I've published two books: Smoked Meat (Flambard Press) a collection of interlinked stories set in Montreal, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Edge Hill Prize, and The Threat Level Remains Severe (Gallic Books), which is set in the House of Commons, where I have worked for many years, and was shortlisted for the Guardian's 2017 Not the Booker Prize. ...more

Average rating: 3.49 · 241 ratings · 48 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
Threat Level Remains Severe

3.42 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions
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Smoked Meat

4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Little Roasts

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008
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"There was something strange but also a bit magical about this book. I do not remember why but the atmosphere of the book really got me. I am a bit surprised that it is badly reviewed and that so few people read it."
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Kitchen Venom by Philip Hensher
"At times fascinating, at others utterly dull. I dunno. To me, it felt opaque. I felt like the author thought he was a hotshot and didn’t have an editor with the guts to tell him otherwise. I’m not even mad about this one, just sort of bored and apath" Read more of this review »
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Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes
"DNF’d 16 chapters in — about 65% of the book. More and more vapidities, torrents of insipid characters, and just plain “dumbassness” caught up in a eurotrash toilet bowl eddy. I had to bail out on this, there are too many good and middling books out " Read more of this review »
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How Not to Be a Political Wife by Sarah Vine
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Hilariously awful. It has this nauseating tone that I'm struggling to describe; snobbishly confiding is the best I can do. Like a very extended Daily Mail feature (given she's a DM columnist, this is unsurprising). I'm giving it 5 stars for readabili ...more
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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Little Fires Everywhere
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A compulsively readable book with a page turning plot. Celeste Ng handles a big cast very capably. I enjoyed it a lot but afterwards I was a little bit, So what? Somehow it just didn’t mean that much to me. However, it’s definitely a good holiday rea ...more
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Imperfect Bodies by Ali Isaac
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A very heartfelt, thoughtful book that kept me engaged throughout. It’s well written and honest and well researched. I read it partly as research for a character I’m writing.
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew  Perry
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I am a big fan of Friends and Chandler was very funny but sadly this book has put me off Matthew Perry (RIP).
It’s very repetitive, chronologically confusing and you don’t learn much about his relationships with the rest of the Friends cast. His main
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