book reviews

Emma Hooper’s much-anticipated first novel moves effortlessly between present day and the past

Andrew Levy reminds readers that Huck Finn was the abused son of an alcoholic and experienced suicidal ideation

In Near Enemy, Sternbergh stays with the decaying, terrorized and largely evacuated near-future New York City setting of his debut novel.

Born with beauty, brains and the benefit of a trust fund, Glenn Close’s younger sister has spent most of her life suffering from mental illness

July offers readers an impressive character study of an unlikely protagonist who eventually finds her way, writes our reviewer.

In his lively and meticulously researched book, Nicholas Carlson examines Yahoo!’s intense CEO

Vladimir Mayakovsky hypnotized all who heard him read

Over history, chickens have become ‘the world’s most ubiquitous bird’ because of their usefulness

Mother-daughter Alice in Wonderland-like exchanges underline this remarkable child-as-parental-caregiver memoir, writes Anne Kingston

Vaillant’s first novel takes its title from the pre-colonial spiritual bond between some of Mexico’s indigenous people and the jaguar.