©Simon Pemberton
Jan 25, 2013
An Australian psychological thriller leaves questions hanging. Suzy Hansen reviews ‘The Engagement’, by Chloe Hooper
Jan 25, 2013
A debut novel that borrows from Shakespeare. Hazel Sheffield reviews ‘The Starboard Seak’, by Amber Dermont
©Mary Evans Picture Library
Jan 25, 2013
Sadistic impulses surface in an extraordinary tale of 18th-century medicine. Suzi Feay reviews ‘The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones’, by Jack Wolf
Jan 25, 2013
A sensitive depiction of an artist in mourning. David Evans reviews ‘Intermission’, by Owen Martell
©Lucy Davey
Jan 18, 2013
Demanding, surreal poems of great lyric beauty. Ian Thomson reviews ‘Quick Question’, by John Ashbery
©Corbis
Jan 18, 2013
Kelly Falconer reviews Chi Zijian’s tale of nomadic lives threatened by politics and change in China
Jan 18, 2013
A prophet is transported to Hollywood. Michael Prodger reviews ‘The Lawgiver’, by Herman Wouk
Jan 18, 2013
‘Past the Shallows’, by Favel Parrett; ‘70% Acrylic, 30% Wool’, by Viola Di Grado; ‘Capital’, by John Lanchester; ‘Resurrection Engines’, edited by Scott Harrison; ‘The Explorer’, by James Smythe
©Toby Whitebread
Jan 11, 2013
A story of unbridled rapacity mirrors China’s path to modernisation. Krys Lee reviews ‘Pow!’, by Mo Yan
Jan 11, 2013
One family’s struggle in 20th-century America. Maria Crawford reviews ‘The Twelve Tribes of Hattie’, by Ayana Mathis