For People Who Devour Books

Book Reviews by
David Jays

From the November 2022 Issue

Just Dance

Mr B: George Balanchine’s Twentieth Century

By Jennifer Homans

From the October 2017 Issue

Sins of the Father

The Sparsholt Affair

By Alan Hollinghurst

From the April 2016 Issue

The Art of Embarrassment

Tales of Persuasion

By Philip Hensher

From the May 2004 Issue

Quivering on the Verge of Adulthood

The Book of Proper Names

By Amélie Nothomb (Trans Shaun Whiteside)

From the September 2004 Issue

Miss Lamb Is From Home

The Devil Kissed Her: The Story of Mary Lamb

By Kathy Watson

From the March 2014 Issue

A Romanian in Bohemia

The Prince's Boy

By Paul Bailey

From the May 2011 Issue

Feather Men on Muddy Ground

The Absolutist

By John Boyne

From the September 2010 Issue

Food For Thought

Nourishment

By Gerard Woodward

From the September 2009 Issue

Household Gods

The Infinities

By John Banville

From the July 2009 Issue

Falling Off the Edge

This Is How

By M J Hyland

From the February 2009 Issue

Doing the Watusi

The Holy City

By Patrick McCabe

From the July 2008 Issue

Psychodrama

Trauma

By Patrick McGrath

From the August 2008 Issue

Liquid Lives

Dreams of Rivers and Seas

By Tim Parks

From the October 2008 Issue

Into the Wild

The Other

By David Guterson

From the July 2012 Issue

Shades of Gray

Ancient Light

By John Banville