Neil Fischer is shy, socially awkward and repressed – an English archetype. His late father, though, was from East Germany.…
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Book review: The Price of Time by Edward Chancellor
Interest rates are at the front of everyone’s mind at the moment, so The Price of Time is a timely…
Book review: Hothouse Earth by Bill McGuire
Hothouse Earth, written by geologist and activist Bill McGuire, is a great summary for the general reader of the key…
Book review: The Night Interns by Austin Duffy
In The Night Interns, an unnamed intern in an unnamed Irish city goes through a year of night shifts with…
Book review: In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
In a Strange Room was originally published as three travel memoirs in the Paris Review but was published as a…
Book review: Regenesis by George Monbiot
Having read George Monbiot’s journalism, I knew Regenesis would be a brilliantly argued and carefully researched read on the challenges…
Book review: Imposter Syndrome by Kathy Wang
Julia Lerner is a Russian spy, carefully selected and groomed to be an asset in Silicon Valley. But Julia is…
Book review: The Promise by Damon Galgut
The Swarts are a family of white South African farmers. The Promise tells their story from the 1980s onwards through…
Book review: Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
I didn’t know anything about John Wilkes Booth apart from the fact that he assassinated Abraham Lincoln, so Booth was…
Book review: French Braid by Anne Tyler
French Braid begins in 2010 as a young couple return on a train from a family visit, discussing their different…
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