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I\u2019ve read two books from the first April preview instalment beginning with Solvej Balle\u2019s International Booker Prize longlisted On<\/strong><\/em> The Calculation of Volume<\/em><\/strong><\/a> which is structured as a diary written by \"CoverTara, briefly in Paris for the antiquarian bookshop she runs with her husband. Nothing seems amiss until the following day begins to repeat itself. Each section is headed with the number of the current iteration of November 18th Tara\u2019s living through as she records her experience \u2013 the daily recaps with an astonished Thomas, their mutual scientific investigations, her eventual avoidance of her husband as he carries out precisely the same actions as the day before. Tara and Thomas\u2019s surprisingly easy acceptance of her ordeal is a bit of a stretch but, obviously, readers\u2019 belief must be suspended from the first page. It\u2019s a novel you\u2019ll likely either enjoy or find infuriating. I was intrigued by the puzzle of what it might mean but I\u2019m unlikely to continue with Balle\u2019s series through its seven volumes. Review to follow\u2026\"Cover<\/p>\n

Louise Hegarty\u2019s playful, witty Fair Play<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is set over the annual murder mystery weekend Abigail arranges for her brother\u2019s birthday. After this year\u2019s crime is solved, their guests take themselves off to bed. Next morning, there\u2019s no sign of Benjamin: his bedroom door is locked with no sound within. The group are horrified to discover that their friend and brother has died in the night aged only thirty-three. Hegarty\u2019s novel starts with a straightforward narrative, establishing relationships, scattering a few red herrings before turning into a pastiche locked room mystery interspersed with Abigail\u2019s struggles to accept her brother\u2019s death. Quite a risky idea for any novel, let alone a debut, but, on the whole, it worked for me. Review shortly\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Cover\"CoverSet in early twentieth-century China, Yu Hua\u2019s City of Fiction <\/em><\/strong><\/a>follows a man from the north of the country as he journeys south through arduous conditions looking for the mother of the child he carries with him after she abandoned them to make her own journey. \u2018This is a story about vanished crafts and ancient customs, about violence, love, and friendship. Above all, it\u2019s a story about change and about storytelling itself, full of vivid characters and surprising twists\u2014an epic tale, as inexorable as time itself and as gripping as a classic adventure story\u2019 says the blurb which sounds both promising and intriguing.\"Cover\"Cover<\/p>\n

In Rozie Kelly\u2019s Kingfisher<\/em><\/strong><\/a> a creative writing academic becomes so infatuated with his colleague that his safe, secure relationship with his beautiful partner, Michael, is threatened. He becomes obsessed by the poet who is everything he isn\u2019t and has everything he wants then simultaneous illnesses disrupt his life and the tenuous reality he\u2019s constructed. \u2018This is a novel about grief, power and desire \u2013 and the tangles in between that make up a life\u2019 says the blurb. I\u2019m not entirely sure about this one but it sounds worth investigating.<\/p>\n

\"Cover\"CoverI never got around to reading Andr\u00e9 Aciman\u2019s Call Me by Your Name <\/em>but I like the sound of Room on the Sea<\/em><\/strong><\/a> which sees a hundred people awaiting jury selection in a scorching New York summer. A flirtation begins between two of them. Coffees in Manhattan cafes and gallery trips to Chelsea become something more serious as Paul and Catherine escape into a fantasy of an Italian holiday together knowing that if they allow their crush to develop into a full-blown affair both their lives will be upended. \"Cover\"Cover<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Staying briefly in Manhattan, where two strangers meet and spend the night together in Jos\u00e9 Daniel Alvior\u2019s Seven Days in Tokyo<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a> When Louie visits Landon in Tokyo they have a week to explore what may become something deeper than a fleeting passion, sharing meals and a bed, wandering through the streets of the city. \u2018Breathtakingly tender, Seven Days in Tokyo<\/em> is an astonishing debut about the intricacies of desire and a search for belonging. It is a lyrical, immersive portrait of how some things, however beautiful and profound, are destined to be as short-lived as the cherry blossoms\u2019 says the blurb which sounds rather lovely.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for April\u2019s first batch of new fiction. As ever, a click on a title will take you to a more detailed synopsis for any that take you fancy. Part two soon\u2026<\/p>\n

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