Written Reviews

Catherine Lacey: “Cut”

April 15, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Catherine Lacey’s “Cut.”

Ian McEwan: Nutshell

April 11, 2019

In anticipation of Ian McEwan’s forthcoming Machines Like Me, I look at his 2016 Nutshell, a book with a premise that once put me off but which, it turns out, I loved.

Best Translated Book Award Longlist

April 10, 2019

The 2019 Best Translated Book Award longlist has been announced! Come and see the books!

The Man Booker International Prize Shortlist

April 9, 2019

Today the shortlist for this year’s Man Booker International Prize was announced. Are you interested in reading any?

Valeria Luiselli: Lost Children Archive

April 9, 2019

Paul reviews Valeria Luiselli’s 2019 novel Lost Children Archive, recently longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

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