You, Bleeding Childhood Lina Wolff and translated by Saskia Vogel spellbinding collection from the winner

spellbinding collection from the winner of the 2012 Polari First Book Prize

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Determined to quell her addictions to heroin

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Mahdi Issa al-Saqr on Mahmood Abdel Wahab

You, Bleeding Childhood Lina Wolff and translated by Saskia Vogel spellbinding collection from the winnerLong before the latest vogue for autofiction, Michele Mari, one of Italys most beloved authors, cast his mind back to the days of his own childhood, and found it crawling with monsters. Raised on comic books and science fiction, the young Mari constructed an alternate universe for himself untouched by uncomprehending grownups or sadistic peers. Compared to the horrors of real life, Long John Silver and Cthulhu made for positively cuddly company; but