Janice Hallett’s rich puzzle of a novel; the gripping twin tale of a crumbling marriage; and Juno Roche’s fearless memoir. The Observer, July 22 The Twyford CodeJanice Hallett Profile, £8.99, pp400 (paperback) A schoolteacher, Miss Iles, […]
Metro, August 2022 A deliciously acerbic twist on the rom-com, Cult Classic finds New York magazine editor Lola engaged… but doubtful that really wants to be with someone who is so dutifully passive and well-adjusted. […]
Two more of my Expo 2020 Dubai books were published by ASSOULINE this month. First, Al Wasl Plaza, which is a really lovely look at how a meeting place can become an experience and place of human connection. […]
Metro, June 2022 Every so often a young writer appears out of nowhere to recast the literary landscape. Leila Mottley is surely that novelist, a 20 year-old American who started her tale of injustice and […]
A lyrical, witty novel of the US south, a great Italian writer’s mountain detective story, and the history of a controversial cycling champion The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers4th Estate, £9.99, […]