Book Review

For his eighth novel, Anthony Quinn continues his noble tradition of producing a thumping good read

Michael Coren talks to his friend, Rev Richard Coles, about Coles’ forthcoming memoir on love, loss and grief

From the golden age of crime fiction to the modern day, Jeremy Black recommends seven books to see you through April

Jeremy Black recommends three history books that have been neglected by literary reviewers

In his coverage of Northern Ireland in this memoir, Kevin Myers was unflinchingly critical of British ineptitude

Frederic Raphael reveals how Paul Cartledge makes the case for a central historical role for Oedipus’s home town

In the West we’ve yet to make the acknowledgment that overwork can be deadly, says Katrina Gulliver

There is a lesson here for those who prefer to sharpen their knives on the whetstone of grievance

Christopher Silvester reveals how this biography of Robert Maxwell is a skilfully constructed page-turner

Simon Evans says Andrew Doyle’s book is the toolkit you need to think about at least one side of this debate