Three Monkeys Online

A Curious, Alternative Magazine

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  • Ljubljana

    Ljubljana is one of Europe's coolest capital cities, famed for its castle, beautiful bridges, vibran
  • We need to talk about Kevin – Lionel Shriver in interview

    “If you don’t allow yourself to write characters who do disagreeable things–if you only allow yourself to write about what you would be glad for your readers to imitate in real life–th
  • Chuck Palahniuk interview

    Those burnt tongue moments – Chuck Palahniuk in interview

    “Words are the first step we take to turn intentions into reality”, declares American author Chuck Palahniuk. “All our vows, – he explains, – and declarations and signatu
  • Joolz Denby – Crossing boundaries

    “I think there’s a bit too much of a certain type of ‘acceptable’ person appearing in so-called literary novels written by people who only seem to know other people like themse
  • Airbrushing the heroes from History – Dermot Bolger and The Family on Paradise Pier

    Dermot Bolger's latest book, The Family on Paradise Pier, changed title several times in the four and a half years it took him to write it. For a long time it was called The Former People. The te
  • Fundamentalism by Malise Ruthven – A review

    Here, Ruthven begins by explaining the original context in which the term ‘fundamentalism’ was used, that of American Protestantism, and continues to analyze a number of religious movement
  • Guantánamo – Why you need to care.

    Why should one be interested in the conditions at Camp X-Ray, Guantánamo Bay? Why should one care about the legal position of detainees in Guantánamo? After all, this camp was set up by
  • ‘Return of the Red Card: Israel-China-U.S. Triangle

    After months of hiatus, U.S.-Israel tension over China has returned. This time the dispute is over Israel’s desire to upgrade the Harpy assault drone that it had sold to China in the mid-1990s.
  • More stuff

    The other day, while I was trumpeting my minor contribution to the most recent issue of Three Monkeys Online, I forget to mention some of the other stuff on the site worth taking a look at. In particu
  • Never Let Me Go

    The critics gave Kazuo Ishiguro a bit of a mauling over his latest novel, particularly in comparison with the garlands thrown at his fellow writing-course graduate (from the University of East Anglia)