Chilling echoes of Charlottesville in Omar El Akkad’s American War
The dystopian novel’s politics and situation are all too believable in our current climate.
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Keegan and Dalglish: putting human faces on the transformation of football
Keegan typified the birth of the new football; Dalglish the demise of the old, writes Richard T Kelly.
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The Golden House is Salman Rushdie’s not-so-great American novel
It seems little more than an exercise in googling, an attempt to sell the listicle as literature.
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Sigrid Rausing’s Mayhem is lit up by its author’s remarkable candour
This is an awkward memoir, tentative and fragmented, but it is also a brave one
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The story of Adam and Eve: exploring the myth of the original sinners
Stephen Greenblatt’s book is a pellucid and absorbing account of the Biblical tale’s great significance.
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The New Statesman’s reviews of the 2017 Man Booker longlist
Read what our critics thought of the contenders.
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Robert Webb’s How Not To Be a Boy: a bittersweet picture of men dealing with loss
In his memoir, the actor remembers the goodwill of those who made him with grace and gratitude.
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Home Fire expertly distils a vast socio-political landscape into human bodies
Kamila Shamsie’s Booker-longlisted novel has a heart-stopping momentum.
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