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Category: Historical fiction

Book review: The Untameable by Guillermo Arriaga, translated by Frank Wynne and Jessie Mendez Sayer

A tale of revenge and redemption from the screenwriter of Amores Perros It is 1960s Mexico City. The parents of … More

coming of age, literary thriller, mexican, revenge thriller, translation

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). … More

biographical novel, irish, italy, literary thriller, second world war, spy thriller

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 … More

biographical novel, lgbtq+, observer 10 best new novelists, political, victorian

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 … More

english civil war, historical mystery, revenge thriller, robert harris, spy thriller, thriller

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 … More

biographical novel, theatre

Book review: The Colony by Audrey Magee

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

irish

Book review: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

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

alternate history, dystopian, hanya yanagihara, lgbtq+

Book review: The Dangerous Kingdom of Love by Neil Blackmore

In The Dangerous Kingdom of Love, lawyer, politician and philosopher Francis Bacon struggles to advance his place at the court … More

biographical novel, lgbtq+, stuarts

Book review: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

I was interested in this novel because I recently read Conn Iggulden’s Conqueror series, which tells the story of Genghis … More

alternate history, china, coming of age, lgbtq+

Book review: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota

China Room begins in a Punjabi village in the 1920s. Mehar is one of three young women who have just … More

coming of age, indian

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