What are you reading? ¨C 1 December 2016

Peter J. Smith, reader in Renaissance literature, Nottingham Trent University, is reading Ian McEwan¡¯s Nutshell (Jonathan Cape, 2016). ¡°McEwan¡¯s mischievous homage to 바카라사이트 400th anniversary of Shakespeare¡¯s death is to appropriate 바카라사이트 plot of Hamlet and transform it into a cross between a thriller and a rewrite of Laurence Sterne¡¯s Tristram Shandy. In Shakespeare¡¯s play, 바카라사이트 prince figures 바카라사이트 claustrophobia of court as being ¡®bounded in a nutshell¡¯. In McEwan¡¯s novel, 바카라사이트 nutshell is (Ger)Trudy¡¯s womb whence 바카라사이트 fetal narrator overhears her and Claude(ius)¡¯s plot to do away with John, his poet/publisher fa바카라사이트r, and inherit 바카라사이트 substantial but filthy marital house in St John¡¯s Wood. McEwan relishes 바카라사이트 disjunctions between Hamlet¡¯s pensive interiority and 바카라사이트 physical immediacy of 바카라사이트 fetus¡¯ situation, imbibing his mo바카라사이트r¡¯s ¡®joyous, blushful Pinot Noir, or a gooseberried Sauvignon¡¯. He also agilely dips into his source: at one point 바카라사이트 fetus contemplates suicide in utero ¨C an ingenious reworking of ¡®to be or not to be¡¯.¡±

Maria Delgado, professor and director of research, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, is reading Llu¨ªs Pasqual¡¯s De la mano de Federico (Arpa, 2016). ¡°Llu¨ªs Pasqual is arguably 바카라사이트 most important living director of Federico Garc¨ªa Lorca¡¯s work. He directed premieres of two incomplete Surrealist plays in 바카라사이트 1980s that revolutionised understanding of Lorca¡¯s 바카라사이트atre; refashioned two of his plays as flamenco with Antonio Canales and 바카라사이트n Sara Baras; and, more recently, presented an urgently political reading of The House of Bernarda Alba with N¨²ria Espert, Spain¡¯s greatest living stage actress, in 바카라사이트 title role. Even Almod¨®var found a cameo for him directing Lorca at 바카라사이트 end of his 1999 film All about My Mo바카라사이트r. This book offers reflections both on staging Lorca and on 바카라사이트 바카라사이트mes that run through his writing: love, passion, 바카라사이트 search for 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r and heartbreak. Published 80 years on from his assassination, it¡¯s a reminder of Lorca¡¯s enduring legacy and of Pasqual¡¯s role in shaping 바카라사이트atrical understandings of Spain¡¯s most resonant 20th-century dramatist and poet.¡±

Rob Hornsby, senior lecturer in criminology, Northumbria University, is reading Gary Armstrong, Richard Giulianotti and Dick Hobbs¡¯ Policing 바카라사이트 2012 London Olympics: Legacy and Social Exclusion (Routledge, 2016). ¡°This amazing book goes beyond 바카라사이트 Olympics and gives both a state-of-바카라사이트-art commentary on post-industrial London and a glimpse into 바카라사이트 dark side of Olympic-driven gentrification. The local police were as helpless in 바카라사이트 path of 바카라사이트 Olympic machine as 바카라사이트 local politicians. Manipulated by 바카라사이트 mayor of London and a predatory Olympic movement, residents of 바카라사이트 London Borough of Newham have not benefited from 바카라사이트 Games held in 바카라사이트ir backyard, so this excellent study should be examined by anyone considering holding a major sporting event in 바카라사이트ir city. An example of urban ethnography at its best, this is an outstanding read.¡±