Book reviews
Book review: Katabasis takes us deep into the u...
Like the stinging wasps in Dante’s Inferno, something needled me as I read Katabasis, the latest from R.F. Kuang, academic and best-selling author of Yellowface, Babel, and The Poppy War...
Book review: Katabasis takes us deep into the u...
Like the stinging wasps in Dante’s Inferno, something needled me as I read Katabasis, the latest from R.F. Kuang, academic and best-selling author of Yellowface, Babel, and The Poppy War...
Book review: Belching bishops and domestic affa...
In 1961, Catholic doctrine heavily influenced Irish law. Books were banned for contradicting social mores. The Pilgrimage, with its extramarital affairs, homosexual liaisons, belching priests, and critique of miracle cures,...
Book review: Belching bishops and domestic affa...
In 1961, Catholic doctrine heavily influenced Irish law. Books were banned for contradicting social mores. The Pilgrimage, with its extramarital affairs, homosexual liaisons, belching priests, and critique of miracle cures,...
Book review: The many contradictions of Mark Twain
Over the course of Ron Chernow’s lengthy (and I mean lengthy) new biography of Mark Twain, the titular subject comes to feel like a beloved house guest who overstays his...
Book review: The many contradictions of Mark Twain
Over the course of Ron Chernow’s lengthy (and I mean lengthy) new biography of Mark Twain, the titular subject comes to feel like a beloved house guest who overstays his...
Review of “Perspectives” by Laurent Binet: Rena...
Nasty rumours, intricate plots, boldfaced lies, declarations of love, and accusations of murder—letters containing all theseflit across Renaissance Italy in Laurent Binet’s epistolary “Perspectives” (translated by Sam Taylor, 2023).
Review of “Perspectives” by Laurent Binet: Rena...
Nasty rumours, intricate plots, boldfaced lies, declarations of love, and accusations of murder—letters containing all theseflit across Renaissance Italy in Laurent Binet’s epistolary “Perspectives” (translated by Sam Taylor, 2023).
Book review: Vampires and vengeance in The Buff...
You haven't read a book like The Buffalo Hunter Hunter before. This captivating, disturbing blend of vampire mythology and Indigenous history offers something new to the horror genre. Released on...
Book review: Vampires and vengeance in The Buff...
You haven't read a book like The Buffalo Hunter Hunter before. This captivating, disturbing blend of vampire mythology and Indigenous history offers something new to the horror genre. Released on...
Book review: Three Days in June explores faithf...
Anne Tyler’s Three Days in June is a svelte, finely crafted exploration of faithfulness, forgiveness, and family. Her sentences string together like the lace of a wedding veil, a gossamer that...
Book review: Three Days in June explores faithf...
Anne Tyler’s Three Days in June is a svelte, finely crafted exploration of faithfulness, forgiveness, and family. Her sentences string together like the lace of a wedding veil, a gossamer that...