Book review – fiction

Past perfect

23 November 2013 9:00 am

Some years ago, a woman wrote to Dear Mary, at the back of this periodical, with an unusual problem: she…

Another Old Wives’ Tale

21 September 2013 9:00 am

Sathnam Sanghera, in his family memoir The Boy with the Topknot, heaped much largely affectionate contempt and ridicule on his…

Redemption with laughs

17 August 2013 9:00 am

Harry Christmas, the central character of this bitterly funny debut novel, is a middle- aged, overweight alcoholic, with no friends…