Vigil by George Saunders
How do we comfort and forgive a dying oil CEO whose climate change denial has ruined our futures? George Saunders explores the question in his new novel Vigil.
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Deep themes are explored in this slow, meditative novel set high in the Swiss Alps.
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
My review of Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, the story of a middle-aged artist who recalls traumatic bullying in her childhood.
The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
My thoughts on Mikhail Bulgakov's long-banned satire on Soviet social engineering.
Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi
This book started with a social media post. The author, Lea Ypi, saw a photo of her grandmother posted online and going viral in Albania. Some of the comments were offensive and wildly inaccurate, and since her grandmother is now…
Borderline Fiction by Derek Owusu
I wanted to like this novel, but I couldn't. Here's why.
Dusk by Robbie Arnott
My review of a beautiful literary novel featuring twins hunting a puma in the Australian highlands.
Milkman by Anna Burns: Review
My thoughts on a Booker Prize winning novel about a teenage girl living in 1970s Belfast and struggling to survive in a claustrophobic community of rumour and suspicion.
The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
A fascinating window into a difficult life. Richard Garay is a young gay man trying to find his way in Argentina after the death of his parents, navigating homophobia and dictatorship and the early days of AIDS among a myriad…