Hilary Spurling
Books of the Year I – chosen by our regular reviewers
Popular choices include Merlin Holland’s After Oscar, Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know and Vincenzo Latronico’s Perfection
Why I’ve been written out of Anthony Powell’s history
You’re in the index, but not in the book. This ghostly sensation has been my experience since 1990 after commissioning…
Letters
Degrees of ability Sir: Nick Cohen has written an amusing piece on PPE (‘Crash course’, 27 September), marred by lazy journalism.…
