The Observer Jon McGregor’s interesting take on crime in the community, a breezy history of the Egyptian queen by Joyce Tyldesley and an enjoyable first tragicomic novel from Dan Sheehan Reservoir 13 Jon McGregor 4th […]
The National Award-winning translator Robin Moger is remembering the first time he came across The Book Of Safety by Egyptian novelist Yasser Abdel Hafez. “I was so excited,” he says. “I got such a strong […]
The National A grotesque, unnamed creature sculpted by human hand escapes onto the streets, bringing mayhem and murder. As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, it might sound familiar, but this particular […]
The National, February 2018 “So,” explains Stuart Turton with a deep breath. “It’s an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery, but set in a Groundhog Day loop, with a bit of Quantum Leap body-swapping thrown in. Our […]
The Observer, November 2017 As one of Britain’s cooler television historians and archaeologists, you’d probably expect Alexander Langlands to suggest that spending time converting raw materials into useful objects might make us happier. But Craeft, his celebration of how […]