Book review

One-sentence review: A quiet, thoughtful and seductive look into other people’s fears and relationships. 

One-sentence review: like a PG Wodehouse comedy but with a darker edge.

One-sentence review: A jaw-droppingly brilliant comic novel.

One-sentence review: languorous, mysterious and evocative with a dark twist. Slightly longer review: A young woman uncertain of herself is in a coastal Spanish town so she can take her cranky hypochondriac mother to a specialist who might be a crank himself. In some ways this is a coming-of-age novel, as Sofia falls in love with

One-sentence review: A caustic tale of modern life, with its alienation, bad friends and dreams of self improvement.   Slightly longer review: As children, we often think books ought to be about larger than life characters: adventurers, royalty, vampires and magicians.  Yet when we’re older and our dreams of becoming rock stars, professional athletes or Hollywood