MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 21 November 2019 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 21 November 2019 THE IRISHMAN THE IRISHMAN by Charles Brandt (Hodder £9.99, 336 pp) by Charles Brandt (Hodder £9.99, 336 pp) Martin Scorsese’s film The Irishman debuts on Netflix this Monday. It tells the story of … Read more
RETRO READS By Geoffrey Wansell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 21 November 2019 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 21 November 2019 HOLIDAY by Stanley Middleton (Windmill £8.99, 256 pp) HOLIDAY by Stanley Middleton (Windmill £8.99, 256 pp) How to fill the time? In this vividly moving novel, Edwin, 32, strolls through a seedy seaside … Read more
CROPS IN TIGHT SPOTS by Alex Mitchell (Kyle Books £18.99, 176 pp) CROPS IN TIGHT SPOTS by Alex Mitchell (Kyle Books £18.99, 176 pp) Can you really grow fruit and veg in a tiny garden? Alex Mitchell — who says growing your own is more relaxing than yoga — shows how patios, windowsills, stairwells, balconies … Read more
A PIG CALLED ALICE by Paul Heiney (The History Press £10.99, 176 pp) A PIG CALLED ALICE by Paul Heiney (The History Press £10.99, 176 pp) It’s often said that pigs are smarter than dogs, but it’s rare to find a farmer who regards his hog as man’s best friend. In this slim volume, Paul … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 09:35 GMT, 27 December 2019 | Updated: 09:35 GMT, 27 December 2019 BOLDER by Carl Honore (S&S £9.99, 304 pp) BOLDER by Carl Honore (S&S £9.99, 304 pp) Carl Honore’s first book, In Praise Of Slow, was an international bestseller, with its message of resistance … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 23:12 GMT, 2 January 2020 THE WISDOM OF WOLVES by Elli H Radinger (Michael Joseph £9.99) THE WISDOM OF WOLVES by Elli H Radinger (Michael Joseph £9.99) As a lawyer working in Frankfurt, Elli Radinger was beginning to … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2020 | Updated: 00:42 GMT, 11 January 2020 THE WAY WE EAT NOW by Bee Wilson (4th Estate £9.99, 400 pp) ‘For most people across the world, life is getting better but diets are getting worse. Our food is killing us, … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 15:46 GMT, 17 January 2020 NIGHTINGALE POINT by Luan Goldie (HQ £8.99, 384 pp) On a stifling summer’s day the residents of Nightingale Point, a London tower block, are going about their lives. Mary, a nurse, is feeling … Read more
BIG SKY by Kate Atkinson (Black Swan £8.99, 512 pp) BIG SKY by Kate Atkinson (Black Swan £8.99, 512 pp) For many years, Jackson Brodie has dreamed of returning to his Yorkshire roots, and in the fifth of Kate Atkinson’s novels about the policeman turned private detective, his wish has been granted. He’s renting a … Read more
RETRO READS By Val Hennessy for the Daily Mail Published: 22:11 GMT, 23 January 2020 | Updated: 23:43 GMT, 23 January 2020 NOT AT HOME by Doris Langley Moore (Dean Street Press £10.99, 298 pp) NOT AT HOME by Doris Langley Moore (Dean Street Press £10.99, 298 pp) It’s 1945, London, and beguiling Tonia, whose … Read more