Elena Ferrante’s latest book of nonfiction offers a rare peek behind the curtain of the creative process of one of our most elusive authors. The book is comprised of four lectures:…
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Lucy Caldwell’s new novel is set during the Belfast Blitz: four German airstrikes in April and May 1941. The first, known as the Dockside Raid, saw strategic targets hit with few…
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In her 2016 debut, Amy Liptrot recounts returning to her native Orkney to recover from alcohol addiction. The Outrun, a prizewinning Sunday Times bestseller, was lauded for its lucid self-awareness and…
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In This Happy, Niamh Campbell’s widely shortlisted 2020 debut, a 30-year-old woman recalls an affair she had in her early twenties with a man in his forties. Now married to a…
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What is the value of saving someone’s life if they turn out to be “an asshole”? In his latest novel, a Highsmithian literary thriller, Antoine Wilson tracks the aftermath of a…
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The Canadian author Sheila Heti launched her career two decades ago writing postmodern fairy tales for grown-ups. Her debut collection, The Middle Stories, contained tales such as a plumber wooing a…