Radical Twenties: Writing, Politics and Culture Hashim Shafiq All forms of strange excess

All forms of strange excess Flourished - helped stave off horror and distress

Here is the brilliantly observed clutter and comedy of everyday lives

Ali al-Kasimi A short story Circles of Sorrow

With her pretty chin

Zoë Fairbairns’ novels include Benefits (a feminist classic

Radical Twenties: Writing, Politics and Culture Hashim Shafiq All forms of strange excess'What is particularly valuable in this book is the attention Lucas gives to a number of texts from the 1920s that have had less attention than they deserve in literary critical accounts of the decade the dust jacket photograph of Nan Youngman in 1926 with cigarette and guitar, so wonderfully evocative of the spirit Lucas respects and consistently carries forward in his writing' MLR