The Borrowed Hills is narrated by Steve Elliman, looking back on his life and his complicated relationship with his home…
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Book review: The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson
I’m familiar with Gary Stevenson for his campaigning on inequality so I knew about his backstory as a financial trader,…
Book review: Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
A gay man’s coming of age in Nigeria Most of us aren’t cut out to be heroes, to show courage,…
Book review: Nuclear Family by Kate Davies
A fun family drama from the Polari Prize-winning author of In at the Deep End Nuclear Family is centred on…
Book review: Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
An immersive campus novel about friendship and failings from the author of Such a Fun Age Come and Get It…
Book review: A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
I’m not someone who’s deeply invested in the idea of colonising space – I’ve dipped my toe in sci-fi and…
Book review: Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie
How do you alert people to the seriousness of the environmental challenges we face, while not making them feel despairing…
Book review: My Friends by Hisham Matar
A subtle depiction of friendship in exile from the Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Return My Friends intertwines a story…
Book review: Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh
Resistance and resignation – Khalifeh’s Palestinian classic offers a vivid depiction of life under occupation First published in 1976, Wild…
Book review: The Guest by Emma Cline
Emma Cline’s evocative summer novel is one of my books of the year I put off reading The Guest because…