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book reviews
Worshipping a history of porcelain
The White Road chronicles a history of men obsessed with porcelain
Debut Canadian novel channels Bukowski and Palahniuk
Mitchell Gauvin’s debut novel tells a literary joke. And it’s a pretty funny one.
The trouble with predicting the future
Superforecasting offers a vigorous argument for common sense
Grace Jones writes her memoir
A majestic and defiant book from the singer, actress and model
The story of a soccer ceasefire in the First World War
The real story behind the fabled Christmas Day football match in the First World War
An esteemed author takes a crack at a new character: himself
Book review: A memoir from one of Canada’s greatest writers, Richard B. Wright
A surprisingly cheery history of urban commuting
Ian Gately’s ’Rush Hour’ on why we seem to love the commute every bit as much as we complain about it
An anarchist dog-walker on working for the one per cent
Book review: The Dog Walker, by Joshua Stephens
An old-fashioned epic on the rise and fall of empires
Book review: The Gold Eaters, by Ronald Wright and Hamish Hamilton