NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

Rumaan Alam on his deliberately unsettling novel Leave The World Behind

November 26, 2020 BOOKS by Ben East Leave a Comment

The National, November 2020. When the end of the world as we know it comes about in Rumaan Alam’s gripping third novel, Leave the World Behind, the two families brought together in the indulgent surroundings of […]

Iraq war dominates America’s National Book Awards

November 13, 2012 BOOKS by Ben East Leave a Comment

Copy: The National, July and November 2012 >> It’s getting to that time in the calendar when lists are compiled for the best novels of the year. With some qualifications (most notably Alison Moore’s Booker […]