Kaveh Akbar’s book Martyr! is a delight because it manages to embrace seriousness and irreverence,darkness and light.
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases,including an engaging account of the seven Cleopatras and Geoffrey Robertson’s crisply argued case for prosecuting Putin.
Percival Everett tells the story of Mark Twain’s classic from the point of view of Jim,the runaway slave who befriends Huck.
When her partner of 25 years died,Nova Weetman found the necessity of work and her two children kept her connected to reality.
Wilson is a talented actor,but she can’t replicate that talent in her memoir.
Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran has an agenda in her new book Safe Haven,as our desire not to see has only been strengthened.
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases,including historical fiction,a ripping yarn about the Labor Party and MasterChef inaugural winner Julie Goodwin’s memoir.
The novelist’s account of the brutal attack on him and how he survived is moving,ghastly and full of self-scrutiny.
Journalist Daniel de Visé tells the story of the classic comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
No book should ever be banned,but if you’re really worried about kids’ safety,maybe we should start censoring some of the classics.
The Irish writer brings one of the Walsh sisters back to Ireland after heartbreak in New York.