Books

Me, Myself and I

The hip young authors who write about their greatest obsession – themselves

It ran in the family

Alexander Larman reviews Fall of the House of Byron, by Emily Brand

American Tolstoy

Time to proclaim the greatness of Herman Wouk, once feted for the sweep of his historical novels

Significant others

Selina Todd reviews Female Husbands, by Jen Manion

Enemy of orthodoxy

Christopher Silvester reviews Groupthink: A Study in Self-Delusion, By Christopher Booker

“I am a total act” (but a second act?)

John Bowers reviews A Very Stable Genius, by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig

Of men and birds

John Self reviews Enter The Aardvark by Jessica Anthony

My first Carr

A S H Smyth discovers a true English literary eccentric, born on this day in 1912

Back to school…or is remote learning enough for now?

And is there a point to counter-factual history?

A literary pilgrimage to a watery grave

Following in the footsteps of the author J.G. Farrell