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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
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
Burnt–out 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 talks to Laurie Taylor 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
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