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Book review: Let the games begin
Consumer Alert: this novel has nothing to do with the Olympics - except for one thing I'll mention later.
Consumer Alert: this novel has nothing to do with the Olympics - except for one thing I'll mention later.
Based in New York, British writer Patrick McGrath has published seven novels and two short-story collections.
In fictionalising Thomas Hardy’s life, Damien Wilkins discovers some outrageous truths, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.
He's a contender, Carl Nixon. He's an acclaimed playwright, has won significant awards for his short stories and he's come close with his novels, too
Johno Ryan is doomed, it seems. He's barely out of short pants when his father and his grandfather sit him down and explain that their family are criminals: that's what they do.
A family’s story can be far more tumultuous than any blockbuster, as Linda Herrick discovers in a conversation with author Lloyd Jones.
People who read a lot of novels develop certain discriminations.
Unless you're a gazillionaire signed up for one of those trips into space, your next holiday is somewhere inside these pages.
Well-pitched tale took 15 years to tell, writes Nicky Pellegrino.
Anne Kennedy is an award-winning poet who has also developed a solid reputation writing novels and screenplays.
It seems strange, in the age of information overload, that we should still be swamped by the fear of the unknown.
The halls of government prove to be an enthralling setting for courtroom drama, writes Stephen Jewell.
Every now and then you get to read a novel that elevates you far beyond the bric-a-brac of everyday routine, takes you apart, reassembles you, and leaves you feeling as though you have been on holiday with a genius.
There are no prizes for guessing what this book is about. This House is Haunted is about a haunted house and, if you like spooky ghost stories, John Boyne’s latest novel does the trick.