Alan Burns: CELEBRATIONS W27 [2019] paperback POETS 'The thing about Lee Child's

'The thing about Lee Child's books is that you can't put the damn things down

This book makes that a reality

River Kings sees her trace its path back to eighth-century Baghdad and India

a story both modern and timeless

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Alan Burns: CELEBRATIONS W27 [2019] paperback POETS 'The thing about Lee Child'sCelebrations, Alan Burns's third novel, brings the inherent violence and oppression so apparent in Europe after the Rain into the setting of a family owned factory, where social hierarchies, legal structures and humiliation keep the workers in line. By bringing the differences between workers sharply into focus, Burns creates a choking atmosphere of oppression and exploitation heightened and upended by his trademark aleatoric style, peppering with