November 2021
The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake’ is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America. ‘When her […]
The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake’ is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America. ‘When her […]
H is for Hawk – Helen Macdonald As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the […]
The Nickel Boys Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good […]
Giovanni’s Room James Baldwin When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate […]
A Girl in Exile: Requiem for Linda – Ismail Kadare During the bureaucratic machinery of Albania’s 1945-1991 dictatorship, playwright Rudian […]
The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker Here is the story of the Iliad as we&;ve never heard it before: in […]
Conversations with Friends [suggested by Ross Allatt] Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and darkly observant. A college student in […]
Saturday [suggested by Simon Henshall] Saturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne, a successful neurosurgeon, stands at his bedroom window before […]
The New York Trilogy [suggested by Ross Allatt] The New York Trilogy is perhaps the most astonishing work by one […]
Manchester, England [suggested by Noel Fagan] The definitive account of the pop cult capital of the UK by Dave Haslam, […]