SNACK magazine: February 2025 (issue 70) SNACK magazine is Scotland’s national, independent A5 What’s On, Arts & Culture magazine Lovingly curated and created. Algorithm free Read ...

There's not one, but two Saraband books featured in this months @snackmag.bsky.social

A review of #AliveInTheMercifulCountry by A.L. Kennedy and #ThereSheGoes, edited by Esa Aldegheri, features in ten books for 2025!

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Alive in the Merciful Country by A.L. Kennedy is available now. Published by Saraband.

Happy publication day to A.L. Kennedy 🎉

#AliveInTheMercifulCountry is out now!

“Prose that soars and swoops … spins pain into poetry and its glitter is authentic.” @thespectator1828.bsky.social

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Alive in the Merciful Country by AL Kennedy – activism and betrayal A primary school teacher navigates lockdown in an ambitious novel that asks potent questions about abuses of state and personal power

Reviews are coming in for #AliveInTheMercifulCountry by A.L. Kennedy, which is publishing next week!

First one from The Guardian

'... combines a beadily bleak eye with a standup’s comic timing and a profound humanity that breaks open the heart.'

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Alive In The Merciful Country, by AL Kennedy review: 'ingeniously askew' A novel in which an unspeakable character does awful things to awful people, Alive In The Merciful Country asks important questions about the nature of justice and mercy, writes Stuart Kelly

Reviews for #AliveInTheMercifulCountry by A.L. Kennedy are starting to appear!

'... asks important questions about the nature of justice and mercy' @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social

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