new york review books

Tadao Tsuge’s ‘Slum Wolf’ Provides a Dramatic Look at the Persistence of the Disaffected

/ 5 November 2018

After the devastating effects of American bombings of Japan during World War II, how do people rebuild themselves and their society? Tadao Tsuge explores these difficulties in Slum Wolf.

Books/Reviews

Robert Aickman’s ‘Compulsory Games’ and the Art of the Miserably Fascinating Short Story

Mike Schiller

/ 28 September 2018

Aickman's ability to imbue in the mundane a hint of the supernatural pushes these stories from the utterly average into absorbing, fascinating territory.