Beautifully attuned to her subject, CA unravels Sebald's work from his life with subtlety and sympathy. She has previously written a marvellous biography of Primo Levi.
Cairncross differed from the other Cambridge spies in his political outlook and motivation; he didn't work closely with any of them. Suspected as the 'Fifth Man', his identity was confirmed ... read more
The author is Anatoly Kuznetsov, who grew up in Kiev. He documented as a boy the appalling massacre of Jews, Ukrainians and Russians by Nazi forces in 1941. First published in Russian (in a ... read more