LITERARY FICTION By Stephanie Cross for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 30 April 2020 ENTER THE AARDVARK by Jessica Anthony (Doubleday £12.99, 192 pp) ENTER THE AARDVARK by Jessica Anthony (Doubleday £12.99, 192 pp) Like the titular mammal, this is a curiosity: part 21st-century political satire, part unexpectedly … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Anthony Cummins For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 23 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 23 April 2020 CLEANNESS by Garth Greenwell (Picador £14.99, 240 pp) CLEANNESS by Garth Greenwell (Picador £14.99, 240 pp) Greenwell’s exquisitely written debut, What Belongs To You, followed an aspiring poet who moves from Kentucky to … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Claire Allfree For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 16 April 2020 HOLLOW IN THE LAND by James Clarke ( Serpent’s Tail £12.99, 272 pp ) HOLLOW IN THE LAND by James Clarke (Serpent’s Tail £12.99, 272 pp) Lancashire: a neglected space caught between the … Read more
‘Erm.. some rather important things missing from this ‘British’ list!’ VisitBritain’s map celebrating UK’s best writers is slammed for only having English literary greats and none from Wales or Scotland The tourism authority only showcased England in their map of ‘British’ greats Chiefs ‘sincerely apologised for this mistake’ after publishing the map on Twitter Celebrities … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Stephanie Cross for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 9 April 2020 OUT OF TOUCH by Haleh Agar (W&N £14.99, 320 pp) OUT OF TOUCH by Haleh Agar (W&N £14.99, 320 pp) Five months after the death of her alcoholic mother, sales assistant Ava is … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Anthony Cummins For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 2 April 2020 REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD by Anne Tyler (Chatto £14.99, 192 pp) REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD by Anne Tyler (Chatto £14.99, 192 pp) Hold on — wasn’t Anne … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Claire Allfree For The Daily Mail Published: 22:12 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 26 March 2020 A THEATRE FOR DREAMERS by Polly Samson (Bloomsbury £14.99, 368 pp) A THEATRE FOR DREAMERS by Polly Samson (Bloomsbury £14.99, 368 pp) The relationship between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen, … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Stephanie Cross for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 19 March 2020 THE BASS ROCK by Evie Wyld (Cape £16.99, 368 pp) THE BASS ROCK by Evie Wyld (Cape £16.99, 368 pp) Evie Wyld’s powerful, intensely absorbing third novel is haunted by ghosts both metaphorical … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Anthony Cummins For The Daily Mail Published: 22:08 GMT, 14 November 2019 | Updated: 22:46 GMT, 14 November 2019 THE CHEFFE by Marie NDiaye (MacLehose £12.99, 288 pp) THE CHEFFE by Marie NDiaye (MacLehose £12.99, 288 pp) As the thrill of watching MasterChef hopefuls sweat over their confits never grows old, here’s … Read more
CHRISTMAS IN AUSTIN by Benjamin Markovits (Faber £16.99, 432 pp) CHRISTMAS IN AUSTIN by Benjamin Markovits (Faber £16.99, 432 pp) If you haven’t read the first in this rangy, yet addictively immersive, American family saga, all you need know is that Paul Essinger, retired from his undistinguished tennis career, is having a slow-motion breakdown. Now, … Read more