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A tale of two Dickens (by Matthew Adams, January/February 2012 ): The great Christian chronicler of Victorian destitution was also a ‘wicked man’. Matthews Adams talks to biographer Claire Tomalin about the conflicted life that fed his art
Book review: Ragnarok – The End of the Gods (by Philip Womack, September/October 2011 ): Philip Womack is chilled by AS Byatt's magnificent retelling of the Norse myth
Book review: Collected Ghost Stories by MR James (by Stephanie Merritt, September/October 2011 ): Stephanie Merritt has some rational praise for MR James's classic tales of the supernatural
Brain rot (by Sally Feldman, September/October 2011 ): What is neuroscientist Susan Greenfield on about? asks Sally Feldman
Slayer of religion (by Matthew Adams, July/August 2011 ): For critic James Wood the novel offers an antidote to unforgiving certainties, sacred and profane. Matthew Adams meets him
Book review: The Godless Boys by Naomi Wood (by Philip Womack, May/June 2011 ): Philip Womack is uninspired by a dystopian debut
What I owe the library (by Philip Pullman, March/April 2011 ): We can't do without our private places to read and think, says novelist Philip Pullman
Book review: Apocalypse for Beginners by Nicolas Dickner (by Philip Womack, January/February 2011 ): Philip Womack is disappointed by the end of the world
Diary: Giordano Bruno, my hero (by Stephanie Merritt, September/October 2010 ): Stephanie Merritt reveals why she made the Renaissance monk her leading man
Q&A: Marilynne Robinson (by Editorial Staff, September/October 2010 ): She has won the Pulitzer and Orange prizes for her fiction, and been called the greatest writer of prose in the English language. With her new book she enters the God debate. We talk to Marilynne Robinson, author of Absence of Mind
Book Review: The Loser Letters by Mary Eberstadt (by Andrew Mueller, July/August 2010 ): Andrew Mueller enjoys the end of a leaden satire of New Atheism
Diary: The Novel is dead! Huzzah! (by Martin Rowson, May/June 2010 ): Everyone has a novel in them, like a fart or a tumour, says Martin Rowson
The cosy atheist: Laurie Taylor interviews Rebecca Goldstein (by Laurie Taylor, May/June 2010 ): Laurie Taylor quizzes Rebecca Goldstein, author of 36 Arguments for the Existence of God, on her novel approach to religion
Dark Matter by Juli Zeh (by Stuart Sim, March/April 2010 ): Stuart Sim enjoys a metaphysical thriller
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (by Philip Womack, May/June 2009 ): Philip Womack is blown away by Hilary Mantel's historical epic
Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy (by Jonathan Derbyshire, May/June 2008 ): Jonathan Derbyshire admires a dystopian classic
Death at Intervals by José Saramago (by Philip Womack, January/February 2008 ): Philip Womack admires another fable from Nobel Laureate José Saramago
Diary of a Bad Year by JM Coetzee (by Stan Cohen, September/October 2007 ): Stan Cohen reviews JM Coetzee's latest
The Condor's Head by Ferdinand Mount (by Philip Womack, July/August 2007 ): Philip Womack enjoys a meeting of old and new worlds
Fangland by John Marks (by Nina Power, May/June 2007 ): Nina Power relishes a Dracula for the TV generation
Minding by Chris Paling (by Philip Womack, May/June 2007 ): Philip Womack is impressed by Chris Paling's mind
After Dark by Haruki Murakami (by Jonathan Derbyshire, May/June 2007 ): Jonathan Derbyshire stays up for a rendezvous with Haruki Murakami
Karoo by Steve Tesich (by Michael Bywater, March/April 2007 ): Michael Bywater rediscovers a masterly comic tragedy
The Blackest Bird: A Novel of History and Murder by Joel Rose (by Martina Evans, March/April 2007 ): Martina Evans is haunted by the ghost of Poe
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers (by Philip Womack, January/February 2007 ): Philip Womack is unilluminated by Richard Powers
The Amalgamation Polka by Stephen Wright (by Jim Herrick, January/February 2007 ): Jim Herrick dances the amalgamation polka with Stephen Wright
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster (by Nina Power, September/October 2006 ): Nina Power deconstructs a contemporary parable
Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle (by Martina Evans, September/October 2006 ): Martina Evans reviews Roddy Doyle's return to the life of Paula Spencer
Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o (by Ebenezer Obadare, September/October 2006 ): Ebenezer Obadare on the latest novel from Africa's greatest living author
Five thousand years of bitterness (by Sally Feldman, July/August 2006 ): Sally Feldman on the dazzling flaws of a Jewish chronicle
Dying light (by Toby Saul, May/June 2006 ): Toby Saul reviews Everyman by Philip Roth
Frozen waste (by Stuart Sim, March/April 2006 ): Stuart Sim reviews the latest from an up-and-coming Canadian novelist
East of Eden (by Jonathan Rée, January/February 2006 ): Jonathan Ree reviews Fallen by David Maine
Lies, all lies (by Chris Paling, November/December 2005 ): Chris Paling visits Paul Auster's Brooklyn
Return of the master (by Candida Clarke, September/October 2005 ): Salman Rushdie's new novel more than justifies the hype, says Candy Clarke
Out on a limb (by Chris Paling, September/October 2005 ): JM Coetzee has done it again says Chris Paling
Wrong headed (by Dominic Hilton, September/October 2005 ): Dominic Hilton on a 'timely satire' that is neither
Endless Riddles (by Chris Paling, January/February 2005 ): Chris Paling suspends his disbelief for Haruki Murakami
Very Boring Women (by Sally Feldman, January/February 2005 ): Sally Feldman is unsatisfied by Forster's cast of vague characters
Throwing Up (by Chris Paling, November/December 2004 ): Chris Paling is left queasy by Alice Walker
Legacy of Cruelty (by Sally Feldman, November/December 2004 ): Sally Feldman on a rich new novel by Jane Gardam
Where's the action? (by Jeremy Stangroom, September/October 2004 ): Jeremy Stangroom has enough of haçiendas
Writer's block (by Sally Feldman, September/October 2004 ): Sally Feldman on a flawed portrait of Henry James
Sculpted insights (by Sally Feldman, July/August 2004 ): Sally Feldman on Carol Shield's bid for immortality
Burntout case (by Stuart Sim, July/August 2004 ): Stuart Sim descends into the murky world of the crime novel
'That's for the fellahs!': Laurie Taylor interviews Beryl Bainbridge (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2004 ): Beryl Bainbridge, who died on 2 July, talked to Laurie Taylor in 2004, about death, religion and the novelist's search for higher meaning
Hillbilly Secrets (by Sally Feldman, Winter 2002 ): Sally Feldman relishes an Italian parable
Warm Puppies (by Jeremy Stangroom, Winter 2002 ): Jeremy Stangroom on the perils of happiness
Watching from the Sidelines (by Jim Herrick, Autumn 2002 ): Amit Chaudhuri's short stories reviewed by Jim Herrick
Responsibility and the Storyteller (by Philip Pullman, Spring 2002 ): Philip Pullman, "the most dangerous author in Britain" according to the Mail on Sunday, on story-telling ethics
The Science of Fiction (by Bo Fowler, Spring 2001 ): What is science fiction, asks Bo Fowler
Pissing in the wind? (by Anne Rooney, Web Exclusive, May 2010): From brain surgery to climate change Ian McEwan has made scientific literacy fashionable. But will it save us, asks Anne Rooney.
Mint on the breath (by Mark Say, Web Exclusive, September 2010): A corrupt priest, an abused child, a knife. The dreadful consequences of clerical child abuse unfold in a specially written short story by Mark Say
Cold reading (by Alan Moore, Web Exclusive, January 2011): Comic book legend Alan Moore, author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta, kindly allowed us to run this chilling rationalist short story from the latest issue of his excellent new magazine, Dodgem Logic. Lock the windows, draw the curtains and let him spin you a winter's tale...