Never published during her life time, Eileen Chang’s Little Reunions is a highly autobiographical novel of […]
The Power, by Naomi Alderman
There are few things that are always true, but I’ve always thought that the old […]
The Maze at Windermere, by Gregory Blake Smith
Shakespeare said it first: “The course of true love never did run smooth.” This is […]
King Zeno, by Nathaniel Rich
Nathaniel Rich’s King Zeno is the second novel I’ve read recently that takes on the Axeman Murders […]
Returning to the Well; Or, Why do we keep translating the classics?
When I walked into my office this morning, I was greeted by the sight of […]
The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey
Sujata Massey’s The Widows of Malabar Hill rings a lot of my bells: tough, original female protagonist; […]
Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire
Beneath the Sugar Sky is the third book in Seanan McGuire’s wonderfully imaginative and gritty […]
The Outcasts of Time, by Ian Mortimer
When I was young enough that my mother still made me go to church, I […]
