"An unruly novel that makes you both think that writing is one of the most relentlessly selfish, unnecessary acts of aesthetic nincompoopery and one of the most rigorous, horizon-widening, uncategorizable acts some people really just need to do. A twisty, globetrotting novel that acts as literary criticism, postcolonial identity searching, mystery/detective story, magical realist ghost tale, a hysterically depressing takedown of the French literati, and a solemn rumination on love, friendship, personality, and the unknowability of people. If I hadn't become ill, I probably would have finished this in a week or so, it's such a page-turner when you let it sink its teeth into you."

"My new novel Death Spell, out May 1st 2025. I hope you dig it!
Part corporate satire, part ultra-bloody splatterpunk horror. If you thought my recent books had too many nice, likeable characters in them, wait 'til you get a load of *these* scumbags. "

John Russell is currently reading Middlemarch