After Dark by Haruki Murakami
February 2, 2025This relationship — Mari, plain and studious; Eri, "gorgeous" and shallow — is our first intimation...
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
February 2, 2025Repression, fear and even loathing run through her mind as she braces herself for what is...
Book of Hours
February 1, 2025Clocks, with their symbolic freight of time and plot, can serve as weapons with which the...
An Interview With Novelist Nicole Mones
February 1, 2025"I know food is hot right now – we have the Food Network – but believe...
Brontë in Brussels
January 30, 2025I recently stumbled upon a scene which would have appealed to Brontë’s eye for cross-cultural interactions:...
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
January 29, 2025Sarah Waters’ fourth novel, The Night Watch, is set in 1940s London, during and after the...
Be Near Me by Andrew O’Hagan
January 28, 2025This is a broad ranging work as it manages to be poetic whilst drawing on current...
The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford
January 28, 2025The characters are well-drawn, clear, as are locations, thought processes and motivations but all the time...
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
January 28, 2025I read this book in one take late at night and immediately headed downstairs to kick...
The Fire Baby by Jim Kelly
January 27, 2025However, many contemporary English writers retain the essential nature of their culture. While they have, in...