‘The book is inflected by a general sense of apprehension that we all have at present – an awareness of the possibility of world-ending events.’
What Did You Say the Name of This Place Was? B. S. Johnson·11th August 2016Bournemouth. A mild morning in early May. The sun shines, my scrupulous eyes need sunglasses, again, for I...FictionNumber 9 | The Fiction Issue
. . . to B.S. Johnson Jonathan Coe·11th August 2016The work of B.S. Johnson (1933–73) has for too long been saddled with the deadly label ‘experimental’. A notorious...FictionNumber 9 | The Fiction Issue
Number 9 Five Dials·29th July 2015More fiction than non. David Shields, Helen Oyeyemi, Jonathan Coe, B.S. Johnson, Shane Jones, Rainer Maria Rilke, Philip Langeskov and Daniel Kehlmann. And a report on the booksellers of Saigon. Back IssuesNumber 9 | The Fiction Issue
