Every Christmas needs an escapist book and this year we think this fits the bill - a novel about the three daughters of the first Earl of Iveagh. There is of course the old chestnut that Pr... read more
Who in the UK now remembers Ransmayr's 'The Last World', about Ovid in exile, which was such a bestseller in 1990? He remains a major European literary figure, and his new novel about Aliste... read more