For People Who Devour Books

Book Reviews by
Simon Baker

From the July 2017 Issue

Blast from the Past

Blast from the Past

By Nick Laird

From the June 2017 Issue

Gone Girl

Missing Fay

By Adam Thorpe

From the October 2016 Issue

Home on the Range

Days without End

By Sebastian Barry

From the July 2016 Issue

Guilt-Edged

The Allegations

By Mark Lawson

From the August 2015 Issue

For the Record

Man on Fire

By Stephen Kelman

From the May 2011 Issue

‘Of all the days not to have a funeral…’

At Last

By Edward St Aubyn

From the November 2010 Issue

In Search of a Stolen Child

Hand Me Down World

By Lloyd Jones

From the September 2010 Issue

Shoot Me Now

Lights Out in Wonderland

By DBC Pierre

From the August 2010 Issue

From Bad To Verse

The Financial Lives of the Poets

By Jess Walter

From the May 2010 Issue

Blarney & Baloney

The Dead Republic

By Roddy Doyle

From the March 2010 Issue

All’s Fair

Cold Snap

By Francis King

From the December 2009 Issue

Crazy In Cumbria

The Legend of Liz and Joe

By John Murray

From the July 2009 Issue

Bearing Crosses

To Heaven by Water

By Justin Cartwright

From the February 2009 Issue

Grow Up

The Last Bachelor

By Jay McInerney

From the September 2008 Issue

Phantom Farm

The Gate of Air: A Ghost Story

By James Buchan

From the May 2008 Issue

Don’t Bet on Osmium

The Lighted Rooms

By Richard Mason

From the June 2008 Issue

Simon Baker on Four First Novels

From the April 2008 Issue

Trial by Tayswengo

The Butt

By Will Self

From the March 2008 Issue

Bedtime Stories

A Partisan’s Daughter

By Louis de Bernières

From the November 2007 Issue

Lost Souls

Self Help

By Edward Docx