Book Reviews

A late-career magical realist gem from a literary titan, somehow never before published in the UK, arrives at Charco Press Read more »

In Misrecognition, an adrift young woman becomes fixated by a famous actor and his relationships Read more »

In Anita Desai's latest novel, the reader is directly implicated in a magical realist fable of identity and generational trauma Read more »

In his memoir Person Unlimited, Dean Atta traces his life through seven different lenses, exploring ideas of identity, race and queerness Read more »

Leah Cowan's latest radical book is a historical look at the entanglements between the feminist movement and carcaral state, tracing narratives of both resistance and complicity Read more »

In Parade, Rachel Cusk takes a direct, disorienting look at the patriarchal dynamics hidden within traditional families and relationships Read more »