©Paula Byrne
ESSAY
Jan 11, 2013
As Jane Austen’s best-loved novel turns 200, Paula Byrne looks at its roots in the great events of the author’s time
©New York Times/Eyevine
NON-FICTION
Jan 11, 2013
John McDermott reviews Alan Blinder’s ‘After the Music Stopped: the Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead’
©Toby Whitebread
FICTION
Jan 11, 2013
A story of unbridled rapacity mirrors China’s path to modernisation. Krys Lee reviews ‘Pow!’, by Mo Yan
NON-FICTION
Jan 11, 2013
Despite his huge success, Jonathan Miller is haunted by his decision to abandon medicine. Roger Lewis reviews ‘In Two Minds’, by Kate Bassett
FICTION
Jan 11, 2013
One family’s struggle in 20th-century America. Maria Crawford reviews ‘The Twelve Tribes of Hattie’, by Ayana Mathis
NON-FICTION
Jan 11, 2013
Why did efforts to aid Haiti following the 2010 earthquake end up doing so little good? Andrew Jack reviews ‘The Big Truck That Went By’, by Jonathan Katz
NON-FICTION
Jan 11, 2013
A biography of Gabriele d’Annunzio, an Italian poet-aviator and prototype Fascist. Ian Thomson reviews ‘The Pike’, by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
FICTION
Jan 11, 2013
David Evans reviews ‘The Gurkha’s Daughter’, by Prajwal Parajuly, and ‘How to Be a Good Wife’, by Emma Chapman
©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