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List of reviews for Music for the Off-Key: Twelve Macabre Short Stories

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David Floyd  Sharp and macabre fiction  Morning Star
Floyd argues that Courttia Newland's greatest success in this volume is to explore the realities of life in black British London, in a 'bleak' yet hopeful way.

Ian Beetlestone  Book of the Fortnight: Music for the Off-Key  The Leeds Guide
'Bold, inventive and engaging': this short review outlines the realities of Newland's 'urban theatre' of London in this collection of short stories.

Kevin le Gendre  A hankering for forbidden fruit  The Independent on Sunday
Review from one of the UK's leading newspapers

Sunil Chuahan  Hip-Hop Connection's Book of the Month for Dec 2006  Hip-Hop Connection
"Taking premises that seem mildly illicit, Newland slyly twists them until they become grim, insidious and quietly disturbing. In the process, he hints at a few new roads for other black British writers to travel down."

Niall Griffiths, author of Wreckage  Dark, compelling, twisted and grim in all the best ways possible  none
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Andrea Enisuoh  a memorable celebration of the surreal nature of everyday life.  New Nation
A long awaited collection from an outstanding storyteller