The Heavenly Table is daft, gruesome, offensive – and loads of fun to read
The fictional world of Donald Ray Pollock’s new novel is compellingly brutal. At times, though, it feels as if it could…
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Twice bottled grief: the defiant life of Tony Garnett
Garnett’s potent memoir The Day the Music Died shows a life defined by the refusal of even the most ordinary levels…
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Walking while female: how Flâneuse encourages its reader to take to the streets
Lauren Elkin’s study of women walkers shows how putting one foot in front of the other can be a radical…
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The tolerant philosopher: why Pierre Bayle is the forgotten figure of the Enlightenment
Voltaire said he was the greatest reasoner who ever set pen to paper. But is there a twist to Bayle’s…
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Dark abracadabra: the supernatural adolescents of Daisy Johnson’s Fen
Johnson’s new collection of stories mixes the occult and banal to place young women at the centre of the picture.
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The best summer reading, as chosen, half cut, from my deckchair
I like my holidays chatty, boozy, and booky – the only problem is what to pack.
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A distinguished gentleman: inside the world of Malcolm Rifkind
Rifkind’s genteel new book, Power and Pragmatism, is a beguiling memoir.
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Memory flash: can you teach creative writing?
D B C Pierre ponders whether writing is a teachable subject in his new book, Release the Bats: Writing Your Way Out…
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