Cowboys and ghouls make for an unappetising concoction. Take the mythic nature of the Western, beat the supernatural into the mix, and your whole edifice is in danger of becoming a melodramatic blancmange. Nonetheless, the American writer Elizabeth Gonzalez James has saddled up for an attempt. Hyped by Hodder, somewhat fatally, as “Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez”, her second novel The Bullet Swallower combines a sturdy and enjoyable revenge thriller with a po-faced, and therefore h
This weekend in the arts: Delana Delgado's analog photography, a giant refugee puppet, woven craft, contemporary dance, Balanchine, new compositions, small press literature and more.