A physically and emotionally scarred man returns to his hometown after many years of having lived away in the city. His mother has died and he's there to ...

To say that Blue & Lonesome is the best Rolling Stones studio album in over a decade is a no-brainer. Despite the recurring, immortal presence of ...

This month marks the centenary of Mishima's birth so it felt like a good time to read his gay coming-of-age modern classic first published in 1949. ...

It's tricky trying to summarize how I feel about Alicia Elliott's debut novel as the experience of reading it was often frustrating, but the power of its ...

What if you woke up one day to discover that your country no longer exists? That was the experience for East Germans and the protagonists of this novel ...

I was greatly anticipating the announcement of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and made a video speculating what books might be listed for this ...

A striking thing about reading Toibin's novel “Brooklyn” was how much its emotional power slowly crept up on me. The story follows Eilis Lacey, a young ...

I was absolutely delighted to be invited to the award ceremony and made a vlog about the experience. Though it was a bit drizzly at this outdoor party ...

I was absolutely delighted to be invited to the award ceremony and made a vlog about the experience. Though it was a bit drizzly at this outdoor party ...

Céspedes was a mid-20th century Cuban-Italian writer whose excellent novel “Forbidden Notebook” I fell in love with last year when a new English ...