Suburra is a razor-sharp political thriller set in Berlusconi’s Rome
Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo have written a blistering, grimly absorbing satire.
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Gerry Adams: An Unauthorised Life charts the politician’s murky past
Author Malachi O’Doherty has been an unsparing critic of IRA violence in the past.
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What Happened reveals Hillary Clinton as a smart thinker – unlike the man who beat her
Those asking why she blames everyone but herself for Donald Trump clearly haven’t read the book.
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Orhan Pamuk’s The Red-Haired Woman is playful and unsettling
At times, the novel seems to owe as much to Dostoevsky as to the epics of the long-distant past.
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Paleoart: the evolution of dinosaur paintings, from watercolours to Soviet visions
Zoë Lescaze’s book is a hulking great sauropod.
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In The Age of Decadence, Simon Heffer leaves his comfort zone
The writer explores the rise of class warfare in Victorian Britain.
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On Form: how do athletes and performers unlock the secret to being “in the zone”?
Psychoanalyst and former cricketer Mike Brearley asks this intriguing question.
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The Man Booker shortlist 2017: the New Statesman’s reviews
Our critics’ verdicts on the six shortlisted novels.
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