Although not well known in the UK, Lewis is one of the best conteporary US novelists. This, set on the coast of Maine, is a sort of parable of contemporary American society.
A detailed, careful attempt to understand the changes in the United States over the last decade that sees Trump's election not so much as the cause of fracture but rather as the bitter fruit... read more
A bravura upending of the clichés of the 'Great American Novel' from the author of Then We Came to the End. Set in early C21st America, Ferris's protagonist is a romantic in the style of Up... read more
Architecture, landscape, collections, books, food and wine - with contributions by Jon Meacham, Alice Waters, Jay McInerney, Annette Gordon-Reed, Xavier Salomon and others.
A furniture salesman, who tries to keep to the straight and narrow with only the occasional foray into fencing a pilfered gewgaw for a cousin, finds himself drawn into a much bigger heist. A... read more
A survey of this pioneering and serene colourist (1885-1965), who eschewed '-isms' and quietly got on with his work - much of it plein air. Early impressionistic impastos quickly give way to... read more
Another outing for Inspector Gamache, the Quebecois investigator - crowd control, social manipulation and a charismatic academic touting dangerous ideas lead inevitably to murder most foul.
The Cleverley family is graced with fame and fortune, but disaster in their media world is just a tweet away... This satire on social media and today's culture wars will make you ROFL. A li... read more
A no-holds-barred revenge thriller set in Virginia. Two anti-hero fathers try and make up for their poor parenthood and prejudices by avenging the murders of their two sons. Hold on to your ... read more
Executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union, a crime of which she was almost certainly innocent. This is a valuable book on 'The American Dreyfus Affair... read more
In 1960, the author was the first black child to integrate into an all-white school in New Orleans. 60 years later, here is an impassioned call for racial equality.