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Three socially conscious and moral storylines are interwoven with mixed results in Choice by Neel Mukherjee
There is humour and humanity in this recasting of Mark Twain’s flawed classic
This dense read feels a bit like sitting on a hard wood pew in itchy Sunday best
The author on his latest Mona book - the final instalment he promises, once again - remembering the Aids crisis and why he no longer talks to his brother
Cockerell’s unique approach raises questions about the role of the biographer or historian
Retreating from a failed marriage and striking out for pastures new are the themes at the heart of the acclaimed novelist’s new memoir
Biography of George Weidenfeld’s mission to publish ‘the mavericks, the scandalous, the subversive’ is written like a school report
Latest novel from the Booker winner explores family dynamics with wit and empathy
Writer brings to bear a poet’s precision, a novelist’s empathy and an essayist’s concentrated thought
Eileen O’Shaughnessy ran the home and farm, typed and edited his manuscripts, backed him financially and tended to his TB despite her ill-health
Nolan’s follow-up to Acts of Desperation works better as literary fiction than as a whodunnit
The author avoids many pitfalls that plague debut novels, offering fully fleshed-out characters and careful plot progression
Salman Rushdie’s 15th novel, about an eternally youthful femme fatale fighting religious fundamentalism, sticks to the author’s fiction formula
Short stories from the 1940s and 1950s are paired with insightful responses from contemporary writers
Story loosely based on reality is both sensual and sensory, capturing 1890s London with the eye of a historian and a Jamesian knack for metaphor