Authors

Whole life novels lay bare the randomness and haphazardness of life

Will Self can be absurd and obnoxious — but also highly entertaining and insightful

The late writer was a sane and sensitive cartographer of power

Not just another anti-woke rant

He was an entertainer. But only an entertainer

Cultural fragmentation has led to a decline in shared knowledge

There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard

We need interesting authors, not “big names”

The book world is on its last legs. So how we can bring it back from the dead?

There is a jarring disconnect between Michel Houellebecq’s critiques of sexual liberation and his dissolute lifestyle