*Loving The Alien: A Review of Martin MacInnes’ Gathering Evidence…
*A version of this review first appeared on the Books From Scotland website. Head there to sign up to their newsletter and never miss an issue. There is little doubt that the time and times in which you first encounter a book will have no small influence on what you read into it and its effect on you. Re-reading William Golding’s Lord of the Flies and J.D. Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye as an adult was a world away from reading in my teens when the impact they made was of huge