Book Reviews

THE FUTURE, by Naomi AldermanThere are few figures in the Bible more cruelly evocative than Lot’s wife, who is transfigured into a pillar of salt for looking back at Sodom....

We’re still in the territory of the almost familiar, an avant-garde armature draped with the synthetic skin of science fiction. But after the blue lard is violently remanded by a...

His secret is understanding that interest rates will be close to zero forever, because the world is hopelessly unequal, the economy will always be in crisis and the rich will...

GLORIOUS EXPLOITS, by Ferdia LennonThere is a small, moving detail in Plutarch’s account of the Athenian defeat at Syracuse during the final stages of the Peloponnesian War.In 412 BC, the...

THE SKUNKS, by Fiona WarnickIn Fiona Warnick’s quiet, thoughtful debut novel, “The Skunks,” a young woman named Isabel navigates the gloopy period of growing up that takes place after college...

EARLY SOBRIETIES, by Michael DeaglerHere’s a pitch for a novel, maybe one you’d like to read. It’s a tale of “utter shock and tragedy, a kneecapped bildungsroman: A bright-eyed young...

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THE WINNER, by Teddy WayneEmily, one of three women in Teddy Wayne’s seductive sixth novel, “The Winner,” to sleep with Conor O’Toole during his summer as tennis pro in an...

Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World is a wild amalgamation of genre elements that pulls readers into a unique postapocalyptic world in which another end...

In the months leading up to the 2022 midterms, Petsas was formally reprimanded by her new MAGA colleagues and saw her preferred Republican candidate for Arizona governor get trounced in...