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Tag: biographical novel

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: 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 … More

african, biographical novel, damon galgut, man booker, memoir, south african, travel writing

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 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: The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee

The Great Mistake is a novel based on the life and death of Andrew Haswell Green, the “Father of Greater … More

biographical novel, lgbtq+

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