A tale of revenge and redemption from the screenwriter of Amores Perros It is 1960s Mexico City. The parents of…
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Book review: My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor
My Father’s House is a novel based on a true story (very loosely based, O’Connor emphasises in an author’s note).…
Book review: The New Life by Tom Crewe
The New Life draws on real events, but freely adapts them. In late-nineteenth-century London, John Addington and Henry Ellis (based…
Series Love: The Chronicles of Carlingford by Margaret Oliphant
For some reason I haven’t found much to enjoy in newly published books recently, and have instead been losing myself…
Book review: The End of Nightwork by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
Pol has a rare condition which means his body ages in sudden bursts, rather than gradually. At thirteen he aged…
Book review: Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
Charles II has been restored to the throne and Parliament wants revenge on those who signed the death warrant of…
Book review: Instructions for the Working Day by Joanna Campbell
Neil Fischer is shy, socially awkward and repressed – an English archetype. His late father, though, was from East Germany.…
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…