Fiction

David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football

His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year

A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past

We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera

April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land

Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success

All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue

From Oxford to Italy, the murders continue in 2024

It’s time for our annual guide to the best new fiction of the year

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