ingratitude

No good deed goes unpunished: A Better Life, by Lionel Shriver, reviewed

14 February 2026 9:00 am

Kind, liberal Gloria Bonaventura opens her New York home to a young Honduran woman, but soon comes to regret the decision

His own worst enemy

1 October 2022 9:00 am

The Radetzky March must be one of the dozen greatest European novels – but its author was frighteningly unpleasant, says Philip Hensher