Rachel Joyce finds deep beauty in the midst of ordinary life

Passion, savagery, tenderness and faultless technique

From Jenny Offill to Roxane Gay, women bring a breath of fresh air

Amis and Hornby: powerful but entirely different novels

The most brilliant European writer of my generation

‘Only Ever Yours’ is very grown-up fiction indeed

Unflinching ‘Maggie and Me’ written with wry humour

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