Jason Cowley's first Granta proper in the boss's chair (the centennial edition was guestedited by William Boyd), and it's a bit of a bumper issue. Bloody, too: there are some seriously grisly efforts here, Louise Dean's memories of a suicide, a story called Videos of the Dead by Rick Moody, an excellent, unflinching account of the murder of literary agent Rod Hall written by Tim Lott, one of his clients.