©Natalie Behring/Panos
NON-FICTION
Jan 4, 2013
Cures for modern ills in less developed societies. Stephen Cave reviews ‘The World Until Yesterday’, by Jared Diamond
©Amanda Hutt
FICTION
Jan 4, 2013
Tales of a dysfunctional America redeemed by kindness. Ludovic Hunter-Tilney reviews ‘Tenth of December’, by George Saunders
NON-FICTION
Jan 4, 2013
Long synonymous with urban devastation, the home of American carmaking may at last be poised for a revival. Rose Jacobs reviews ‘The Last Days of Detroit’, by Mark Binelli
FICTION
Jan 4, 2013
An impressive debut set in the Pacific Northwest. Suzi Feay reviews ‘The Orchardist’, by Amanda Coplin
NON-FICTION
Jan 4, 2013
An overeater’s meticulous and humble memoir. Talitha Stevenson reviews ‘Navel Gazing’, by Anne Putnam
FICTION
Jan 4, 2013
David Evans reviews ‘The Cook’, by Wayne Macauley
NON-FICTION
Jan 4, 2013
Carl Wilkinson reviews ‘Birds in a Cage’, by Derek Niemann
FICTION
Jan 4, 2013
David Evans reviews ‘Lamb’, by Bonnie Nadzam
FICTION
Jan 4, 2013
James Urquhart reviews ‘The Devil All the Time’, by Donald Ray Pollock
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Michael Skapinker
from
ESSAY
Dec 21, 2012
Three new histories of language and of dictionaries spell out the resistance to linguistic change
