This strange beast projects Cusk’s tortured authorial persona on to a woman seen everywhere

If endurance is the only true test of literary quality, then the jury is still out

The author is a witty, intelligent and perceptive guide to the increasingly grotesque work of having a self in public

Interviews with ordinary Ukrainians light up this book’s pages, although it contains a strange fascination with ornithological detail

Richard Coker makes a persuasive case for us to live our lives in a way that aligns with what will survive us in the end

The author is toying with us and our contemporary desire for total knowability

How does a writer include so much detail, and so many sensitive issues, without making something everyone will hate?

The reader emerges from this novel slightly hungover and somewhat hopeful

Author renders this fantastical concept with remarkable conviction and wit

Passionate advocacy for the snow leopard’s significance as the species recedes from view

An energetic exploration of British efforts to undermine Home Rule and Charles Stewart Parnell

Vivid depiction of wartime life in the heart of this vast country rings true

This Booker longlisted novel has all the trappings of excellence but lacks substance

This insightful exploration of how masculinity is being shaped by current trends will linger long after you’ve closed the final chapter

This is the most playful and spellbinding of the author’s seven books

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The author seals her reputation as one of the most magically imaginative writers at work today

A book to provoke discussion, but some of the author’s potential audience may also be inured to his opinions

New books from Alan Esslemont, Daire Hogan and Tom Feiling

For those new to the science of global warming, this book is a solid, if sometimes blunt, introduction