Book Reviews

PLAYBOY, by Constance Debré. Translated by Holly James.The trilogy of autobiographical novels by the French writer Constance Debré could be described — reductively — as a challenging yet empowering coming-out...

MY BELOVED LIFE, by Amitava KumarAmitava Kumar’s new novel is titled “My Beloved Life,” but a more accurate (and clunkier) title might be “My Beloved Life and the Life of...

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | How to ListenHow to explain the British writer Dolly Alderton to an American audience? It might be best to let her work speak for...

WILD HOUSES, by Colin BarrettIn Raymond Carver’s short story “Why Don’t You Dance?,” a man whose wife has left him places the entirety of their home on his front lawn,...

FI: A Memoir, by Alexandra FullerAlexandra Fuller learned the art of denial from her gloriously dysfunctional parents. “‘Mum’s having a bit of a wobbly,’ Dad would explain, that dangerous British...

The redoubtable Simon Van Booy has performed another small literary miracle. In fact, smallness matters exceptionally in his new novel.Its protagonist — rather, its supporting actor — is a mouse.Wait:...

THE HAPPY COUPLE, by Naoise DolanThree years into their relationship, the 20-something Dubliners Celine and Luke still “did not, as a rule, ‘share feelings.’” Celine’s “family never taught her how,”...

Reviews & CultureIssy Beauvoisin, a Palestine activist at the Leeds University encampment, reviews Why You Should Be A Socialist Downloading PDF. Please wait... Tuesday 28 May 2024 Issue Issy, a...

Nicholls manipulates the action with a farceur’s finesse, amping up the sexual heat only to have it thwarted by an inopportune text, lumpy twin beds or a landlady’s prim insistence...

Every year, starting in the spring, we spend months debating the most exceptional books that pass across our desks: the families we grow to love, the narrative nonfiction that carries...