Now that it’s hard to travel, novels are more vital than ever in giving us an insight into other countries … More
Tag: immigrant experience
Book review: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Ask Again, Yes alights on different characters in the Gleeson and Stanhope families at various points through several decades. This … More
Guest post: author Q&A with Lipika Pelham
Much of what I know about the Dutch Golden Age comes from fiction (The Coffee Trader by David Liss is … More
Book review: Bitter by Francesca Jakobi
As someone who thinks that likeability is a much overrated quality in a protagonist (particularly a female one) Bitter is … More
Shaheed! by Will Miller
Shaheed! is a fresh and original story set around a South London estate and the young people who live there. It begins … More
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Exit West is one of those novels that I’m still puzzling over, some time after finishing it. The author makes … More
Book review: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Jende brings his wife Neni and their son to the US from Cameroon. They have high hopes for a better … More
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Pachinko is a family saga and a novel about the experience of the outsider. Sunja is the daughter of Hoonie, … More
Book review: Out of Bounds by Val McDermid (Karen Pirie #4)
Cold-case investigator DCI Karen Pirie is back and is now working from an office in Edinburgh. Out of Bounds features … More