For nearly 50 years, readers have expected fictional experimentation from the acclaimed Hawkes (The Frogs). In his amusing, slight 17th novel, however, the experiment takes an indistinct shape--a bit Continue reading »
Nigerian filmmaker and novelist Bándélé (Burma Boy), who died in 2022, provides a fitting capstone to his career with this astonishing novel based on the life of Samuel Àjàyí Continue reading »
Aber, who won the Whiting Award for her poetry collection, Hard Damage, makes her fiction debut with a stunning coming-of-age story set amid Berlin’s underground art and music Continue reading »
Duffy (The Night Interns) impresses with a stunning story of political intrigue in 1994 Northern Ireland. Francie, an elder IRA middleman, is respected for his grasp of the Continue reading »
In this sharp-witted and mesmerizing outing from de Kretser (The Life to Come), a Melbourne graduate student navigates the disconnect between her feminist ideals and her messy Continue reading »