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…

Julia Lerner is a Russian spy, carefully selected and groomed to be an asset in Silicon Valley. But Julia is…

The Swarts are a family of white South African farmers. The Promise tells their story from the 1980s onwards through…

I didn’t know anything about John Wilkes Booth apart from the fact that he assassinated Abraham Lincoln, so Booth was…

French Braid begins in 2010 as a young couple return on a train from a family visit, discussing their different…

In Run and Hide, Arun Dwivedi tells the story of his life and how it intertwines with three other men…

Lloyd is travelling to a remote Irish island because he wants to paint the cliffs. He is going in a…

I loved A Little Life so I was looking forward to getting to grips with another big book by Hanya…

I’m reposting this review of A Little Life, written before I had a blog, ahead of publication of Hanya Yanagihara’s…