I spent this summer reading the Booker longlist. All thirteen novels. Every word, cover to cover. The shortlist will be announced tomorrow. Mine will be … [Read more...]

Lahiri's novel is officially published later this month.  It’s a curious quirk of the awards that a novel can be longlisted - indeed shortlisted - before any … [Read more...]

Having spent some time wondering why historical settings have been so popular in this year’s long list, we come to a novel which is categorically, unequivocally … [Read more...]

To the long list of distinguished novels set in the Second World War - The English Patient, The Reader, Birdsong, to name but a very few – must be added Alison … [Read more...]

In his round-up of this year’s Man Booker longlisted titles, Philip Hensher called Almost English the novel that everyone would love. It’s a social comedy … [Read more...]