Liars by Sarah Manguso: A deft portrait of a dysfunctional marriage of unequals
Jane is a successful writer while her husband, John, is a failed artist turned embittered entrepreneur who upends their relationship
The Island: WH Auden and the Last of Englishness by Nicholas Jenkins – Opening the lid on a hermetically sealed sex life
Prequel by Rachel Maddow: A rip-roaring account of American fascists that comes at the cost of historical analysis
Irish Food History, A Companion: An 850-page serving that leaves you wanting more
‘It was an erotic obsession’: Author Robert Harris on a British prime minister’s secret love affair and its disastrous consequences
Poem of the Week: An Exhibition
‘Getting the Words Right’: A Festschrift in Honour of Eamon Maher – Depth as well as warmth
Dungloe: the scenes of the crimes
Don’t Look Back in Ongar: Ross O’Carroll-Kelly says an emotional, unexpectedly touching farewell
By Niamh O’Reilly
Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid – pleasantly spiky, unpleasantly needy
By Jonathan McAloon
Finding Mangan review: Innovative biography breathes vivid life into elusive poet
By Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi
David Peace: ‘The Munich air crash was a national tragedy. But it’s also a positive story of how people overcame that tragedy’
By John Self