Permanent Record: Edward Snowden spies on the spies
The whistle-blower’s memoir is insightful, with a nice line in tech-inflected imagery.
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Zadie Smith’s Grand Union: stories from a wandering mind
Smith’s playful short stories reference #MeToo and Brexit but are at their best when they delve beyond the anxieties of…
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Small literary presses dominate the Goldsmiths Prize shortlist
Alongside books by Deborah Levy and Mark Haddon, the prize for “literature at its most novel” has chosen politically engaged…
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The Cockroach: Ian McEwan’s fantastical political satire
The Cockroach is billed as a modern take on Kafka’s Metamorphosis that doubles as political satire. But as you move…
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Simone de Beauvoir’s second coming
For decades Simone de Beauvoir was seen as a mere accessory to Sartre. But we are only beginning to understand…
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Face It: Debbie Harry’s cool and forthright memoir
The Blondie singer is a reluctant memoirist and what drove her to write this is unclear – but thank God…
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The Secret Commonwealth displays Philip Pullman’s miraculous gifts for storytelling
Pullman’s political and social worlds echo ours in the thrilling second volume of The Book of Dust.
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The 2019 Booker shortlist in reviews
Read our verdict on the six books shortlisted for this year’s prize.
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