Book review: The Vulnerables
Sigrid Nunez signs a COVID novel that has the same kind of humour, observation and literary references her fans recognise.
Sigrid Nunez signs a COVID novel that has the same kind of humour, observation and literary references her fans recognise.
The plot of a dead author’s half-finished manuscript eerily mirrors the real-life disappearance of a young woman. In an Edinburgh lockdown, McDermid’s cold case cop…
Those who have read her earlier books, Eggshell Skull and Beauty, know Lee isn’t afraid to put herself under the microscope.
Remember planes? Love and the romance of flying comes through just about every page of this memoir.
In the bone-dry Nevada Desert, a high-stakes game is afoot.
A science fiction novel that reads with deceptive ease
Early in my career, Powell J advised me to acquire all the major texts on probate and equity practice and procedure. “Keep the current edition…
In the final pages of Robert Jones Jr’s The Prophets, the writer jars his readers with a simple imperative: “Do not look away.”
When touted as the thriller of the year, it pays to feature the word “girl” in the title. Think of recent crime fiction blockbusters like…
A rescue pig mourning the loss of his lifelong companion brings easy tears in the opening pages of this haunting memoir from Australia’s deadly bushfire…
Journalist and biographer Jacqueline Kent has graced us with both fiction and nonfiction literary masterpieces. Her latest work is the biography of Vida Goldstein.
David Nicholls eschews the traditions of romance in narrative without falling prey to cynicism.