Party Members

Mike Cormack discusses critics of China, talking penises and the criteria for judging a really decent satire. Arthur Meursault, Party Members (Camphor Continue reading →

Moonglow

Stuart Walton reviews the latest novel by acclaimed author Micheal Chabon, arguing that the famed author is in a transitional stage Continue reading →

The Poems of T. S. Eliot

Eldrid Herrington reviews the first truly complete edition of T.S. Eliot’s poetry, exploring Eliot the profane and Eliot the sacred. Continue reading →

Hong Kong Future Perfect

Jeffrey Tam reviews the latest anthology by the Hong Kong Writers Circle, a text which envisages twenty utopian/dystopian futures for Continue reading →

Nothing on Earth

Conor Dawson reviews O’Callaghan’s debut novel, an uncanny reincarnation of the Gothic for the contemporary reader. Conor O’Callaghan, Nothing on Continue reading →

Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside

Nicole Mansour reviews Quincy Carroll’s debut novel, an exploration of cultural otherness and symbolic differences among expatriates in foreign communities. Quincy Continue reading →

Welcome to Lagos

Timothy Ogene reviews Onuzo’s brand-new 2017 Faber novel, discussing intertextuality, gratuitous representations of African poverty and ‘what it means to Continue reading →

The High Mountains of Portugal

Jeremy Simmons reviews Yann Martel’s latest, praising the novel’s magical realism as a new form of modern mythology. Yann Martel, Continue reading →