John le Carré’s acts of deception
Even in his love affairs, the spy novelist used tradecraft. Has his double life come to overshadow his work?
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Orhan Pamuk Q&A: “My frustrations and angers have made my life richer”
The novelist on heroic haircuts, his news addiction, and a transformational train journey.
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From Vigdis Hjorth to The Waste Land: recent books reviewed in short
Also featuring essays by Mia Mercado and After the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport.
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How the housing crisis shaped modern Britain
The country is blighted by landlordism, homelessness and Thatcher’s legacy.
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Why DH Lawrence still gets under our skin
His vexatious, evolving style demonstrates a capacity to face the world as sensitively and honestly as possible.
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Why Annie Ernaux deserves the Nobel Prize in Literature
With clinical precision and revelatory intimacy, the French memoirist reinvigorated the art of life-writing.
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Annie Ernaux and the brutal art of memoir
Ernaux understands that writing honestly about her parents is a form of betrayal – but she does it anyway.
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The Goldsmiths Prize 2022 shortlist: “creative daring” and political activism
In its tenth year, the award for “fiction at its most novel” presents a politically charged shortlist dominated by female…
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