Jay Parini's novel The Passages of H.M. will be published in February by Canongate.
The Passages of Paris are hidden gems well worth discovering away from the traffic clogged boulevards.
The passages of sexual violence are truly horrifying, with atrocity venturing into the realm of Greek tragedy.
The passages of explorative sex are just the decorative gilding that sets this apart from countless Mills & Boons.
The passages of Rule's book in which she is not recounting meetings with Bundy, where she is narrating the crimes themselves, are suspenseful, chilling.
The passages of dance, all barefoot, go through several different moods and formats: simultaneous solos, geometric ensemble, overlapping duets, different fragments of dance technique.
Here, and elsewhere, The Passages of Herman Melville feels overemphasised.
Jay Parini's The Passages of Herman Melville will be published by Canongate in January.
He was increasingly aware of the passages of flat, wordy or obscure verse among the greatness.
All offered lively solos and sensitively partnered with their colleagues in the passages of multilayered dialogue.
Jay Parini's The Passages of Herman Melville is published by Canongate.
