September 13, 2013
Rudolf Hoss was hanged by the Allies at Auschwitz. He is a warning to us all of the dangers of blind adherence to ideology. Review by Ian Thomson
August 30, 2013
Clive James’s unfortunate new translation of Dante. Review by Ian Thomson
Kafka: The Years of Insight, by Reiner Stach, translated by Shelley Frisch. By Ian Thomson
May 24, 2013
Here and Now: Letters 2008-2011, by Paul Auster and JM Coetzee. Review by Ian Thomson
December 27, 2013
Roth Unbound, by Claudia Roth Pierpoint
Biography of Philip Roth. Review by Ian Thomson
December 13, 2013
Stories II: The Collected Stories of T Coraghessan Boyle, Volume II, by TC Boyle
Stories II: The Collected Stories of T Coraghessan Boyle, Volume II, by TC Boyle. Review by Ian Thomson
May 23, 2014
‘Zeppelin Nights: London in the First World War’, by Jerry White
Zeppelin Nights: London in the First World War, by Jerry White. Review by Ian Thomson
April 25, 2014
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin who Brought the World to War, by Tim Butcher. Review by Ian Thomson
April 4, 2014
‘Echo’s Bones’, by Samuel Beckett
The ‘new’ book by Samuel Beckett is strictly for Godotistas, but well worth the wait. By Ian Thomson
September 19, 2014
James Ellroy, the Los Angeles-based crime novelist, writes of an American underworld where the hoodlums are in cahoots with the police. Review by Ian Thomson
September 5, 2014
How could Thomson get to Scotland at his age? By Ian Thomson
August 8, 2014
‘Goldeneye: Where Bond was Born’, by Matthew Parker
Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, living and writing in Jamaica. Review by Ian Thomson
February 10, 2012
Noughties by Ben Masters, a caustic, street-smart novel for our times. Review by Ian Thomson
December 23, 2011
Traces Remain, essays by Charles Nicholl, is as deliciously readable and absorbing as top-notch Sherlock Holmes. Review by Ian Thomson
June 25, 2011
Illuminations, by Arthur Rimbaud, translated by John Ashbery. Review by Ian Thomson
July 10, 2010
Non-fiction account of the stalking of Martin Luther King, by Hampton Sides. Review by Ian Thomson
April 12, 2010
Jim Crace’s new novel. Review by Ian Thomson
February 9, 2009
The Three Suitors of Fred Belair
E.A. Markham’s last great literary endeavour. Review by Ian Thomson