A choice of short stories
It can’t be easy to switch between editing others people’s fiction and writing your own: how do you suspend that…
Whimsical digressions
The practical difficulties of extracting keys from the pockets of tight-fitting trousers while ascending stairs; the logistical hazards of seducing…
Perfect Sunday evening schmaltz
Set in rural England in 1911, Tim Pears’s latest novel tells of a friendship between 12-year-old Leo, a precocious carter,…
Glimpses of beauty
Born in Michigan, raised in Lagos and educated in London and New York, Teju Cole is about as cosmopolitan as…
